Encyclopedia results for Metapopulation

1. Metapopulation
   
   A metapopulation consists of a group of spatially separated populations of the same species which interact at some level. The term metapopulation was coined by Richard Levins in 1969 to describe a model ..
   
   
   
   
2. Extinction threshold
   
   or metapopulation , experiences an abrupt change in density or number because of an important ..., or metapopulation, will go extinct . ref name ETMM Ovaskainen, O. and Hanski, I. 2003 Extinction ..
   
   
   
   
3. Linaria ricardoi
   
   a few known populations of the Linaria ricardoi distributed in a metapopulation, and it faces ..
   
   
   
   
4. Ilkka Hanski
   
   , at Helsinki University , Finland. The Metapopulation Research Group lead by Hanski has been nominated ... landscapes and attempts to advance such reserach of metapopulation ecology that can be applied ..
   
   
   
   
5. Psilon
   
   as the official unit of measurement during the censusing of plants in the genus Silene see Silene in the metapopulation ..
   
   
   
   
6. Integrodifference equation
   
   reaction diffusion equations and metapopulation equations. However, diffusion equations do not as easily ... for populations with overlapping generations Kot and Schaffer 1986 . Metapopulation equations are different ..
   
   
   
   
7. Colonisation (biology)
   
   many applications for ecology because it is an applicable theory to analysis of metapopulation s. Species ..
   
   
   
   
8. Isocline
   
   . References Hanski, I. 1999 Metapopulation Ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 43 46. http ..
   
   
   
   
9. Gap analysis (conservation)
   
   populations of wildlife species that can enhance the long term survival of a larger metapopulation ..
   
   
   
   
10. African Wild Dog Conservancy
    
    there. This area is a potentially significant refuge for wild dogs and an important corridor for the metapopulation ..
    
    
    
    
11. Metacommunity
    
    of multiple, potentially interacting species. ref Gilpin, M.E. and I.A. Hanksi 1991 . Metapopulation ..
    
    
    
    
12. Source-sink dynamics
    
    niche had to change. Source sink dynamics has also been incorporated into studies of metapopulation ..., the regional persistence of the metapopulation depends on the ability of patches to be re colonized ..
    
    
    
    
13. Population ecology
    
    Malthusian growth model Metapopulation Population density Population distribution Population dynamics ..
    
    
    
    
14. Acacia phlebophylla
    
    Care must be taken with this species as it consists of one population or metapopulation which ..
    
    
    
    
15. Short-tailed Chinchilla
    
    chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera archipelago a metapopulation approach . Vida Silvestre Neotropical ..
    
    
    
    
16. Hugh Possingham
    
    , J. C. Ogden, H.P. Possingham and E. Sala. Science 2005 301 1725 1726. A stochastic metapopulation model ..
    
    
    
    
17. Occupancy-abundance relationship
    
    of species. Science, 275 397 400. ref generated this relationship based on the metapopulation ..
    
    
    
    
18. Saint Francis' Satyr (butterfly)
    
    . Until recently, it was only known to exist on Fort Bragg, comprising 19 known sites in one metapopulation ..
    
    
    
    
19. Scaling pattern of occupancy
    
    Hui and Li 2004 ref Hui, C. and Li, Z. 2004 Distribution pattern of metapopulation determined ..
    
    
    
    
20. Population dynamics of fisheries
    
    slows down. If this continues for long enough, profitability will decrease. Metapopulation Main Metapopulation A metapopulation is a group of spatially separated populations of the same species which ..
    
    
    
    
21. Bongo (antelope)
    
    that the establishment of a metapopulation management plan occurs concurrently with conservation ... . To illustrate significance of genetic diversity loss assume the average metapopulation size is 35 ..
    
    
    
    
22. Duncan J. Watts
    
    epidemics in a hierarchical metapopulation model journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ..
    
    
    
    
23. Ruffed Grouse
    
    also Canadian Lynx Gloger s Rule Metapopulation r strategist Snowshoe Hare Footnotes Reflist References ..
    
    
    
    
24. Habitat fragmentation
    
    to predation in open land. These questions generally fall under the headings of metapopulation s or island ..
    
    
    
    
25. Marsh Fritillary
    
    has shown that they live in Metapopulations. A metapopulation is defined as a collection of local populations ..
    
    
    
    

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