Metapopulations

Peter Chesson

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00172-6

Metapopulations

Peter Chesson

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Abstract

Metapopulations are about the patchiness of populations in space, and the role of this patchiness in population dynamics, population stability, coexistence of species, and the maintenance of diversity. Strict metapopulations focus on colonization and extinction of local populations. They have important applications in conservation biology. Studies of metapopulations, and their generalization to spatially structured populations, emphasize that patchiness markedly alters population dynamics and the outcomes of species interactions. They have implications for the concepts of equilibrium, nonequilibrium dynamics, and population regulation, and hence for management practices.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
Subtitle of host publication	Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	240-251
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9780123847195
ISBN (Print)	9780123847201
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00172-6
State	Published - Jan 1 2013

Keywords

Allee effects
Competition
Competition-colonization tradeoff
Density dependence
Disturbance
Fitness-density covariance
Habitat fragmentation
Population regulation
Predation
Recruitment variation
Rescue effect
Scale transition
Spatial and temporal scale
Storage effect
Succession

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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