Incorporating the Connectivity Timescale in Metapopulation Partitioning

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dc.contributor.authorAiken, Christopher M.
dc.contributor.authorNavarrete, Sergio A.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T19:49:55Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T19:49:55Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe often complex spatial patterns of propagule dispersal across a metapopulation present a challenge for species management, motivating efforts to represent the connectivity in simpler but meaningful ways. The reduction of complexity may be achieved by partitioning the metapopulation into groups of highly connected patches called "subpopulations." To have relevance for management, these subunits must be defined from ecological or evolutionary principles. The probabilities of dispersal-mediated propagule interchange between sites, commonly organized into a connectivity matrix, entail a timescale that is usually ignored in subpopulation analyses, limiting their utility and possibly leading to misinterpretation and wrong management decisions. Recognition of the essentially dynamical role played by metapopulation connectivity naturally leads to the incorporation of the generational timescale into the partitioning analysis. An algorithm is proposed to determine the subpopulations-both their cardinality and their composition-as a function of the generational timescale and of a limiting probability of connection, illustrated with a novel empirical estimate of mesopelagic connectivity. The proposed framework allows the unambiguous determination of the timescales corresponding to dispersal barriers and the identification of effective ecological units across the spectrum of management-relevant time horizons.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1086/709548
dc.identifier.eissn1537-5323
dc.identifier.issn0003-0147
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1086/709548
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/100528
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000548984500006
dc.issue.numero2
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final156
dc.pagina.inicio145
dc.revistaAmerican naturalist
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectmetapopulation
dc.subjectsubpopulation
dc.subjectconnectivity
dc.subjectmanagement
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.ods14 Life Below Water
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.subject.odspa14 Vida submarina
dc.titleIncorporating the Connectivity Timescale in Metapopulation Partitioning
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen196
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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