Local and regional determinants of colonisation-extinction dynamics of a riparian mainland-island root vole metapopulation.

The role of local habitat geometry (habitat area and isolation) in predicting species distribution has become an increasingly more important issue, because habitat loss and fragmentation cause species range contraction and extinction. However, it has also become clear that other factors, in particul...

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Main Authors: Petter Glorvigen, Harry P Andreassen, Rolf A Ims
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3577918?pdf=render