The manner in which patches are delineated in spatially realistic metapopulation models will influence the size, connectivity, and extinction and recolonization dynamics of those patches. Most ...

AbstractThe adverse influence of habitat degradation on the survival of populations may sometimes be amplified by rapid evolution over ecological timescales. This phenomenon of “evolutionary suicide” ...

Habitat fragmentation continues to be a leading threat for our global future. Methods to quantify fragmentation of habitat landscapes, particularly for endangered species, would be especially useful ...

Sutirth Dey and Amitabh Joshi of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India used laboratory metapopulations of fruitflies in the first experimental test of whether a ...

Cheetahs have vanished from 90% of their historical range in Africa. A metapopulation project in South Africa has almost doubled the population of cheetahs in this project in less than nine years. The ...

The need to protect crop genetic resources has sparked a growing interest in the genetic diversity maintained in traditional farming systems worldwide. Although traditional seed management has been ...

Heterogeneity is ubiquitous in real-world host populations, yet most theories assume homogeneity. Using a metapopulation model, we examine how host heterogeneities, such as uneven movement patterns ...

Genetic analysis of more than 90 butterfly museum specimens from Finland revealed that populations from highly fragmented habitats can undergo rapid evolutionary changes as well as extraordinary ...

JACKSON – In 1993, Chris Servheen affixed his signature to a plan for the recovery of grizzly bears – a plan that called for rebuilding the bears’ numbers in six geographically distinct populations.

The cheetah is back – thanks to a smart release project that now sees populations flourishing in South Africa and beyond ...