Both population size and patch quality affect local extinctions and colonizations

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1678, 2010, Pages 79-85

  Franzén, Markus ^a,b   Nilsson, Sven G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Andrena hattorfiana; Area; Connectivity; Metapopulation; Pollination; Solitary bee

Indexed keywords

BEE; COLONIZATION; CONNECTIVITY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; METAPOPULATION; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION SIZE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BEE; HABITAT PATCHINESS; METAPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TURNOVER TIME;

APOIDEA;

EID: 73949118374     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1584     Document Type: Article

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