Classic metapopulations are rare among common beetle species from a naturally fragmented landscape

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 294-303

  Driscoll, Don A ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, Jamie B ^a   McQuillan, Peter B ^a   Bonham, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Dispersal limitation; Edge effect; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Insect; Invertebrate; Island biogeography; Mass effects; Neutral theory

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; BEETLE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; METAPOPULATION; RAINFOREST; RARITY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPECIALIZATION; SUCCESSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FIRE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FIRES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TASMANIA; TREES;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 72449128643     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01609.x     Document Type: Article

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