Compensatory immigration depends on adjacent population size and habitat quality but not on landscape connectivity

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1161-1170

  Turgeon, Katrine ^a,b   Kramer, Donald L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barbados; Caribbean; Coral reef; Dusky damselfish; Harvesting; Longfin damselfish; Pomacentridae; Protected area; Reserve; Source sink dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; IMMIGRATION; LANDSCAPE; METAPOPULATION; NATURE RESERVE; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TERRITORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BARBADOS; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; POMACENTRIDAE; STEGASTES DIENCAEUS;

EID: 84868192412     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01990.x     Document Type: Article

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