Metapopulation Ecology,9780198540656

Metapopulation Ecology

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ISBN13: 9780198540656
ISBN10: 0198540655
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Pub. Date: 1999-05-13
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Written by a world renowned biologist, this volume offers a comprehensive synthesis of current research in this rapidly expanding area of population biology. It covers both the essential theory and a wide range of empirical studies, including the author's groundbreaking work on the Glanville fritillary butterfly. It also includes practical applications to conservation biology. The book describes theoretical models for metapopulation dynamics in highly fragmented landscapes and emphasizes spatially realistic models. It presents the incidence function model and includes several detailed examples of its application. Accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, Metapopulation Ecology will be a valuable resource for researchers in population biology, conservation biology, and landscape ecology.

Table of Contents

Prologue
1(22)
The metapopulation approach
1(2)
Some related approaches
3(5)
The past 50 years
8(3)
An empiricist's guide to metapopulation models
11(5)
A theoretician's guide to field studies
16(4)
The structure of this book
20(3)
PART I THEORY 23(116)
Preliminaries
27(16)
Local population dynamics
27(5)
Population extinction
32(5)
Migration and colonization
37(6)
Metapopulations of two local populations
43(12)
The two-population metapopulation
43(3)
Migration and complex dynamics
46(4)
Source-sink metapopulations
50(5)
The Levins model and its variants
55(20)
The Levins model and other patch models
55(5)
The rescue effect and alternative equilibria
60(2)
Structured metapopulation models
62(5)
Habitat destruction and metapopulation extinction
67(4)
Minimum viable metapopulation size
71(4)
Spatially explicit approaches
75(24)
Cellular landscapes
76(5)
A spatially realistic simple model
81(3)
The incidence function model
84(4)
State transition models
88(1)
n-population simulation models
89(6)
Comparison of modelling approaches
95(4)
Metapopulation genetics and evolution
99(16)
Genetics, migration and colonization
99(5)
Genetics and extinction
104(3)
Loss, or gain, of genetic variation?
107(5)
The shifting balance theory
112(1)
Extinction-colonization dynamics---summary
113(2)
Interacting metapopulations and metacommunities
115(24)
Competing species
115(6)
Predator--prey metapopulations
121(5)
Predation and complex spatial dynamics
126(3)
Metacommunity dynamics
129(2)
Species-richness of communities and distribution of species
131(8)
PART II FIELD STUDIES 139(66)
Spatial structure of populations
141(17)
The nature of populations
141(3)
Population turnover
144(1)
Mechanisms of population extinction
145(4)
Sources and sinks
149(4)
Small-bodied habitat specialists
153(2)
The end of the species
155(3)
Mapping species occurrence on habitat availability
158(21)
Empty habitat
158(2)
Patch area and isolation
160(7)
Network size
167(2)
Distribution--abundance relationship
169(4)
Core and satellite species
173(6)
Metapopulation dynamics and conservation biology
179(26)
Paradigm shift
179(4)
Habitat fragmentation and metapopulation persistence
183(7)
Metapopulation establishment
190(5)
The northern spotted owl
195(4)
Other case-studies
199(4)
Spatially extended population viability analysis
203(2)
PART III THE GLANVILLE FRITILLARY---A CASE STUDY 205(61)
Metapopulation patterns and process
207(26)
The Glanville fritillary on Aland islands
209(5)
Local dynamics and population extinction
214(6)
Migration and population establishment
220(4)
Four necessary conditions for metapopulation-level persistence
224(3)
Patch occupancy patterns
227(4)
Summary
231(2)
The incidence function model---applications
233(28)
Parameter estimation and model simulation
233(7)
Predicted dynamics and steady states
240(4)
Alternative equilibria
244(4)
Predictions for other species
248(6)
Non-equilibrium dynamics
254(6)
Summary
260(1)
Epilogue
261(5)
The achievements
261(3)
Old and new challenges
264(2)
References 266(43)
Index 309

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