1. We describe analytical and simulation models of metapopulations consisting of local populations that obey a random walk between a reflecting upper boundary (population `ceiling') and an absorbing ...
1. The analysis of metapopulation systems is to a great extent based on presence/absence patterns. It is possible to extract the rates of extinction and colonization from these patterns making several ...
The need to protect crop genetic resources has sparked a growing interest in the genetic diversity maintained in traditional farming systems worldwide. Although traditional seed management has been ...