Environment, but not migration rate, influences extinction risk in experimental metapopulations

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1677, 2009, Pages 4363-4371

  Griffen, Blaine D ^a,b   Drake, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Metapopulation dynamics; Migration rate; Population fluctuation; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EXTINCTION RISK; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT INTENSITY; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATION; POPULATION SIZE; SYNCHRONY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAPHNIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; METAPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 72749096280     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1153     Document Type: Article

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