Is metapopulation patch occupancy in nature well predicted by the Levins model?

Although the Levins model has made important theoretical contributions to ecology, its empirical support has not been conclusively established yet. We used published colonization and extinction data from 55 metapopulations to calculate their Levins equili

Bibliographic Details
Authors: Vergara, Pablo M, Saravia-Zepeda, Amaira, Castro-Reyes, Nicolás, Simonetti-Zambelli, Javier Andrés
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2014
Country:Chile
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.anid.cl:10533/227722
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10533/227722
Access Level:Open access
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Summary:Although the Levins model has made important theoretical contributions to ecology, its empirical support has not been conclusively established yet. We used published colonization and extinction data from 55 metapopulations to calculate their Levins equili