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: 1) Cain, M. L., Bowman, W. D. and Hacker, S. D. (2011), Ecology (Second Edition). Sunderland, Massachusetts, Sinauer Associated Ltd. 2) Thompson, J. N., Encyclopaedia Britannica (2016), Metapopulation (online) [Accessed 17/04/2021]. 3) Wu, J., Encyclopaedia Britannica (2019), Patch dynamics (online) [Accessed 18/04/2021]. 4) 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.