Citation
Metapopulation Ecology
TL;DR
Detailed checkerspot butterfly metapopulation dynamics
Comprehensive treatment of metapopulation theory with detailed case studies including the checkerspot butterfly. Documents how local populations on serpentine outcrops frequently go extinct but the system persists through recolonization from surviving patches.
Provides the theoretical foundation for designing organizations as metapopulations with differentiated migration rates across units.
Key Findings from Hanski (1999)
- Detailed checkerspot butterfly metapopulation dynamics
- Source-sink population structure explained
- Genetic consequences of extinction-recolonization cycles
- Conservation implications of metapopulation structure