Why are metapopulations so rare?

Strong intraspecific variation in genetic diversity and genetic differentiation inDaphnia magna: the effects of population turnover and population size

(2012) B. WALSER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A Metapopulation Paradox: Partial Improvement of Habitat May Reduce Metapopulation Persistence

(2011) Hans J. Poethke et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Costs of dispersal

(2011) Dries Bonte et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Density-dependent dispersal and the formation of range borders.

(2011) Alexander Kubisch et al.   ECOGRAPHY

A robust-design formulation of the incidence function model of metapopulation dynamics applied to two species of rails

(2011) Benjamin B. Risk et al.   ECOLOGY

ASSORTATIVE MATING COUNTERACTS THE EVOLUTION OF DISPERSAL POLYMORPHISMS

(2011) Emanuel A. Fronhofer et al.   EVOLUTION

Metapopulation structure and dynamics of an endangered butterfly

(2010) Margaret S. Guiney et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

On the elasticity of range limits during periods of expansion

(2010) Alexander Kubisch et al.   ECOLOGY

Evolution of dispersal polymorphism and local adaptation of dispersal distance in spatially structured landscapes

(2010) Dries Bonte et al.   OIKOS

Classic metapopulations are rare among common beetle species from a naturally fragmented landscape

(2009) Don A. Driscoll et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Support for a metapopulation structure among mammals

(2009) PIETER I. OLIVIER et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Genetics in geographically structured populations: defining, estimating and interpreting FST

(2009) Kent E. Holsinger et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Extinction debt: a challenge for biodiversity conservation

(2009) Mikko Kuussaari et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A novel fitness proxy in structured locally finite metapopulations with diploid genetics, with an application to dispersal evolution

(2008) Kalle Parvinen et al.   THEORETICAL POPULATION BIOLOGY

The frequency of metapopulations, metacommunities and nestedness in a fragmented landscape

(2007) Don A. Driscoll   OIKOS