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empirical and theoretical investigations
Biological journal of the Linnean Society
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Metapopulation Dynamics: Empirical and Theoretical Investigations.
Front Cover; Metapopulation Dynamics: Empirical and Theoretical Investigations; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Metapopulation dynamics: brief history and conceptual domain; INTRODUCTION; THE METAPOPULATION IDEA QUANTIFIED; THE ROOTS OF THE LEVINS MODEL; METAPOPULATION TERMINOLOGY; SINGLE-SPECIES METAPOPULATIONS: BEYOND THE LEVINS MODEL; METACOMMUNITIES; METAPOPULATIONS AND ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; METAPOPULATIONS AND PATCHY ENVIRONMENTS; METAPOPULATIONS AND LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; METAPOPULATIONS AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES
Chapter 2. Single-species metapopulation dynamics: concepts, models and observationsINTRODUCTION; THE LEVINS MODEL; INCIDENCE FUNCTIONS; INCORPORATING LOCAL DYNAMICS INTO METAPOPULATION MODELS; METAPOPULATION DYNAMICS IN HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; FOUR KINDS OF STOCHASTICITY; CONCLUSION: FOUR CAUSES OF METAPOPULATION EXTINCTION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Linking local and regional dynamics in stochastic metapopulation models; INTRODUCTION; ORGANIZATION OF THIS PAPER; LOCAL POPULATION LEVEL: THE SINGLE CLAN BADGER MODEL; METAPOPULATION LEVEL: THE STOCHASTIC LEVINS MODEL
COMPARISON OF LOCAL AND METAPOPULATION LEVEL RESULTSDISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Structured models of metapopulation dynamics; INTRODUCTION; MODELLING APPROACH; A GENERAL MODEL FOR A SINGLE SPECIES METAPOPULATION; A SIMPLER MODEL; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Local extinction in a metapopulation context: an empirical evaluation; INTRODUCTION; DEFINITION AND CAUSES OF LOCAL EXTINCTION; LOCAL EXTINCTIONIN A METAPOPULATION CONTEXT; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Dispersal and connectivity in metapopulations; INTRODUCTION
THE STUDY OF DISPERSALFACTORS AFFECTING DISPERSAL; DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, POPULATION CATEGORIES AND SPECIES; SPATIAL EXTENT OF DISPERSAL; DISPERSAL BEHAVIOUR AND METAPOPULATION DYNAMICS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Colonization in metapopulations: a review of theory and observations; INTRODUCTION; COLONIZATION THEORY; THE EMPIRICAL STUDY OF COLONIZATION; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. The effect of conspecific attraction on metapopulation dynamics; INTRODUCTION; DISPERSAL IN CURRENT METAPOPULATION MODELS; THE RGUMENT FOR CONSPECIFIC ATTRACTION
TESTING THE SMITH-PEACOCK PREDICTIONADDING CONSPECIFIC ATTRACTION TO THE LEVINS MODEL; MODELLING CONSPECIFIC ATTRACTION AS A DIFFERENCE EQUATION; A STOCHASTIC SIMULATION MODEL OF CONSPECIFIC ATTRACTION WITH UNRESTRICTED DISPERSAL; A STOCHASTIC SIMULATION MODEL OF CONSPECIFIC ATTRACTION WITH NEAREST-NEIGHBOUR DISPERSAL; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Extinction and isolation gradients in metapopulations: the case of the pool frog (Rana lessonae); INTRODUCTION; STUDY SYSTEM AND RESULTS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES
edited by Michael Gilpin and Ilkka Hanski.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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