Support for a metapopulation structure among mammals

Mammal Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 178-192

  Olivier, Pieter I ^a   Van Aarde, Rudi J ^a   Ferreira, Sam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asynchrony; Conservation; Discrete local populations; Dispersal; Population turnover; Vacant habitats

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREEDING SITE; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 74049142048     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2009.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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