A metapopulation paradox: Partial improvement of habitat may reduce metapopulation persistence

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 792-799

  Poethke, Hans J ^a   Dytham, Calvin ^b   Hovestadt, Thomas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dispersal strategy; Evolutionary response; Extinction; Habitat improvement

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; METAPOPULATION; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; RECOLONIZATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; INSECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; INSECTS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 79957540213     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659995     Document Type: Article

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