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Ecological and genetic basis of metapopulation persistence of the Glanville fritillary butterfly in fragmented landscapes.
Nature communications - 17 Feb 2017
Hanski Ilkka, Schulz Torsti, Wong Swee Chong, Ahola Virpi, Ruokolainen Annukka, Ojanen Sami P
Abstract excerpt
Ecologists are challenged to construct models of the biological consequences of habitat loss and fragmentation. Here, we use a metapopulation model to predict the distribution of the Glanville fritillary butterfly during 22 years across a large heterogeneous landscape with 4,415 small dry meadows. The majority (74%) of the 125 networks into which the meadows were clustered are below the extinction threshold for...
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