Predators reduce extinction risk in noisy metapopulations

Background: Spatial structure across fragmented landscapes can enhance regional population persistence by promoting local "rescue effects". In small, vulnerable populations, where chance or random events between individuals may have disproportionately large effects on species interactions,...

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Main Authors: Bull, J, Bonsall, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2010
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