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Metapopulation Capacity

Metapopulation Capacity is a theoretical ecological metric that quantifies the maximum number of patches in a fragmented landscape that can sustain a viable metapopulation, distinguished by its integration of spatial configuration, patch connectivity, and local extinction-colonization dynamics within a single index.

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2017–2026

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The metapopulation capacity of a fragmented landscape

Ilkka Hanski, Otso Ovaskainen · Nature · 2000 · 1.2K citations

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Extinction Debt at Extinction Threshold

Ilkka Hanski, Otso Ovaskainen · Conservation Biology · 2002 · 642 citations

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The quality and isolation of habitat patches both determine where butterflies persist in fragmented landscapes

Jeremy A. Thomas, Nigel A. D. Bourn, Ralph T. Clarke et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2001 · 520 citations · Full text

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Toward Ecologically Scaled Landscape Indices

C.C. Vos, J. Verboom, P.F.M. Opdam et al. · The American Naturalist · 2001 · 418 citations

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Spatially Structured Metapopulation Models: Global and Local Assessment of Metapopulation Capacity

Otso Ovaskainen, Ilkka Hanski · Theoretical Population Biology · 2001 · 264 citations

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Authors

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  1. OO
    Otso Ovaskainen

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    4 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. RJ
    Robert J. Wilson

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 269 citations

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  3. IH
    Ilkka Hanski

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    3 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. HP
    Hugh P. Possingham

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    3 publications · 221 citations

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  5. SL
    Stuart L. Pimm

    Duke University, United States

    2 publications · 71 citations

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Institutions

150

  1. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    4.5K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    331 citations

  3. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    286 citations

  4. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    261 citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    67 citations

  6. Butterfly Conservation

    Wareham, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    2.5K citations

  7. Australian Wildlife Conservancy

    Subiaco, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    263 citations

  8. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    108 citations

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  1. Biological Conservation

    7 publications · 467 citations

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  2. Landscape Ecology

    6 publications · 340 citations

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  3. Ecological Applications

    4 publications · 224 citations

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  4. The American Naturalist

    AN · 4 publications · 577 citations

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  5. Conservation Biology

    3 publications · 676 citations

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