Self-organization of background habitat determines the nature of population spatial structure

Oikos

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 751-761

  Jackson, Doug ^a   Allen, David ^b   Perfecto, Ivette ^c   Vandermeer, John ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; METAPOPULATION; PATCH USE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

EID: 84900431689     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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