Biopedia

37- Metapopulations

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We're all familiar with populations, but what about a metapopulation? Put simply, these are populations of populations. Thanks to our sources and also my interpretation of the subject from back when I studied the concept, that's the notion we're going to unravel today...


Sources for this episode:

  • Cain, M. L., Bowman, W. D. and Hacker, S. D. (2011), Ecology (Second Edition). Sunderland, Massachusetts, Sinauer Associated Ltd.
  • Thompson, J. N., Encyclopaedia Britannica (2016), Metapopulation (online) [Accessed 17/04/2021].
  • Wu, J., Encyclopaedia Britannica (2019), Patch dynamics (online) [Accessed 18/04/2021].
  • In this episode, I use an analogy from how I understood the concept from back when I was taught the concept at university, which I've signposted.
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