Metapopulation Ecology (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution)

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Summary: metapopulation theory uncovered
Review: I found this text useful in explaining the concepts of metapopulation theory. A general framework of metapopulation models is presented in the first several chapters, beginning with Levin's metapopulation model and subsequent variants. Hanski presents the incidence function model (an approach using the presence/absence of species in habitat patches), his own contribution to the field, in some detail. Most theoretical and mathematical constructions are followed by examples, which is nice. The final section of the book is a case study that was very helpful in understanding the application of theories discussed earlier in the text.