Metapopulation Dynamics

Metapopulation dynamics is a spatial population ecological process that governs regional species persistence through the balance between local extinctions and recolonization events among interconnected populations dispersed across fragmented habitats.

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979

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Conservation Biology

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Colonization DynamicsExtinction DynamicsHabitat Fragmentation EffectsLandscape StructureMetapopulation ViabilityPatch QualityPatch TurnoverPopulation PersistencePopulation StructurePopulation Synchrony

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Extinction risk from climate change

Chris D. Thomas, A. Cameron, Rhys E. Green et al. · Nature · 2004 · 7.7K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Ecology, Climate Change Adaptation +13

Catastrophic regime shifts in ecosystems: linking theory to observation

Marten Scheffer, Stephen R. Carpenter · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2003 · 2.8K citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology +11

Habitat destruction and the extinction debt

David Tilman, Robert M. May, Clarence Lehman et al. · Nature · 1994 · 2.8K citations

Life Sciences, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecology +14

Biotic homogenization: a few winners replacing many losers in the next mass extinction

Michael L. McKinney, Julie L. Lockwood · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 1999 · 2.7K citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Ecology +16

The role of propagule pressure in explaining species invasions

Julie L. Lockwood, Phillip Cassey, Tim M. Blackburn · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2005 · 2.5K citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Ecology +14

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Ilkka Hanski
University of Helsinki, Finland
36 publications · 7.5K citations
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Ilkka Hanski
University of Helsinki, Finland
33 publications · 12.9K citations
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Chris D. Thomas
University of York, United Kingdom
33 publications · 11.9K citations
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Hugh P. Possingham
The University of Queensland, Australia
37 publications · 2.5K citations
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Otso Ovaskainen
University of Helsinki, Finland
30 publications · 4.3K citations
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Ecology
244 publications · 34K citations
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The American Naturalist
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Oikos
176 publications · 16.2K citations
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Journal of Animal Ecology
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Oecologia
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See also Metapopulation Dynamics
Core Models	Individual-based Models Integral Projection Models Epidemiological Compartment Models
Habitat Connectivity	Functional Connectivity Landscape Genetics Anatomical Connectivity Surface Resistivity Shortest Path Algorithms Absorbing Markov Chains Metapopulation Capacity
Persistence Conditions	Spatial Autocorrelation Habitat Fragmentation Metapopulation Capacity Mean Time To Extinction Demographic Stochasticity Environmental Stochasticity Rescue Effects Background Extinction Rates
Conservation Strategies	Metapopulation Capacity Mean Time To Extinction Network Design Optimization Land Acquisition Sample Average Approximation Integral Projection Models Dam Removal
Empirical Systems	Urban Networks River Fragmentation