Ch 12
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spreadeagleoctopus on April 10, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
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 metapopulation | a collection of local population interacting within the larger area or region |
| metapopulation dynamics | are governed by two sets of processes that operate at two distinctive spatial scales |
| colonization | involves the movements of individuals from occupied patches to unoccupied patches |
| metapopulation persistence | is a dynamic balance between the extinction of local populations and recolonization of empty habitat patches |
| source population | the surplus of offspring that arises as a result of individual producing more offspring than needed to replace a population due to higher quality resources |
| sink population | in patches of habitat are of poorer quality and have difficulty producing enough offspring to replace the population |
| local population | estimate rates of birth, death, emigration, and immigration, ideally distributed continuously within a single, contiguous patch of habitat |
| subspecies | a collection of a metapopulation in a geographic region |
| species | the collection of subspecies encompassing the entire distribution and geographic range |
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