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BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY  (1999)

Threshold parameters and metapopulation persistence

Hernandez-Suarez C.M.; Marquet, P.A.,; Velasco-Hernandez J.X.

Keywords: dynamics, model, conservation, reproduction, population, animals, number, ecosystem, article, analysis, resources, stochastic, mathematical, processes, natural, of, biological, Models,, basic, Extinction,

Abstract

A method is presented to estimate the minimum viable metapopulation size based on the basic reproductive number R0 and the expected time to extinction ?(E) for epidemiological models. We exemplify our approach with two simple deterministic metapopulation models of the patch occupancy type and then proceed to stochastic versions that permit the estimation of the minimum viable metapopulation size.

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Título de la Revista: BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
Volumen: 61
Número: 2
Editorial: Springer
Fecha de publicación: 1999
Página de inicio: 341
Página final: 353
URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033103088&partnerID=q2rCbXpz