Life history and matrix heterogeneity interact to shape metapopulation connectivity in spatially structured environments

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1215-1224

  Shima, Jeffrey S ^a   Noonburg, Erik G ^b   Phillips, Nicole E ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity matrix; Damping ratio; Dispersal; Landscape connectivity; Larval life history; Matrix heterogeneity; Metapopulation connectivity

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DAMPING; DISPERSAL; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MATRIX; OCEANIC CURRENT; PATCHINESS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 77951181215     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2058.1     Document Type: Article

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