An acarine predator-prey metapopulation system inhabiting greenhouse cucumbers
Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyPublished 1 January 1991
Gösta Nachman
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Experimental evidence indicates that the two-spotted spider mites form a metapopulation system characterized by “shifting mosaic” dynamics, and shows that demographic stochasticity generates sufficient endogenous “noise” to counteract the synchronizing effect of density-dependent dispersal.
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Journal Article An acarine predator-prey metapopulation system inhabiting greenhouse cucumbers Get access GÖSTA NACHMAN GÖSTA NACHMAN 1Institute of Population Biology, University of Copenhagen, 15 Universitetsparken, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 42, Issue 1-2, January 1991, Pages 285–303, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1991.tb00564.x Published: 14 January 2008
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