Metapopulation dynamics
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The importance of spatially explicit ecological models has been highlighted by the rapid destruction of natural habitats. Three approaches to large-scale spatial ecology were considered, including metapopulation ecology which views landscapes as networks of idealized habitat patches, where species occur as discrete local populations linked by migration. A study aimed to emphasize the way in which the patch network assumption has helped the concurrent development of models and probes into the dynamics metapopulations in fragmented surroundings.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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Determinants of biodiversity regulate compositional stability of communities
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Research into the responses of natural savanna-grassland communities to disturbance within the Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in India's Western Ghats Mountains has raised questions about the validity of absolute measures of species diversity as predictors of 'stability' in natural communities. It was established that species and dominance characteristics and disturbance history may offer a better explanation for compositional stability patterns across various community types than aggregate community properties such as biomass.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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