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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Natural populations differ from the simplest models in ways which can significantly
    affect their evolution. Real populations are rarely all of the same size; the
    rates of migration into and out of populations vary in space and time; some populations
    go extinct, and new ones are established, while all populations fluctuate in size.
    Furthermore, the genetic properties of real species are not like those assumed
    in simple models. Alleles are exposed to a wide variety of selection mutation
    rarely creates novel genotypes with each mutation event, generations overlap,
    and environments vary from place to place. Evolution in a metapopulation can be
    substantially different from the predictions of single-population models and,
    indeed, very different from the simplest models of subdivided species.
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author:
- first_name: Nicholas H
  full_name: Barton, Nicholas H
  id: 4880FE40-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Barton
  orcid: 0000-0002-8548-5240
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Whitlock, Michael
  last_name: Whitlock
citation:
  ama: 'Barton NH, Whitlock M. The evolution of metapopulations. In: Hanski I, Gilpin
    ME, eds. <i>Metapopulation Biology</i>. Academic Press; 1997:183-210. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012323445-2/50012-2">10.1016/B978-012323445-2/50012-2</a>'
  apa: Barton, N. H., &#38; Whitlock, M. (1997). The evolution of metapopulations.
    In I. Hanski &#38; M. E. Gilpin (Eds.), <i>Metapopulation Biology</i> (pp. 183–210).
    Academic Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012323445-2/50012-2">https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012323445-2/50012-2</a>
  chicago: Barton, Nicholas H, and Michael Whitlock. “The Evolution of Metapopulations.”
    In <i>Metapopulation Biology</i>, edited by Illka Hanski and Michael E. Gilpin,
    183–210. Academic Press, 1997. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012323445-2/50012-2">https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012323445-2/50012-2</a>.
  ieee: N. H. Barton and M. Whitlock, “The evolution of metapopulations,” in <i>Metapopulation
    Biology</i>, I. Hanski and M. E. Gilpin, Eds. Academic Press, 1997, pp. 183–210.
  ista: 'Barton NH, Whitlock M. 1997.The evolution of metapopulations. In: Metapopulation
    Biology. , 183–210.'
  mla: Barton, Nicholas H., and Michael Whitlock. “The Evolution of Metapopulations.”
    <i>Metapopulation Biology</i>, edited by Illka Hanski and Michael E. Gilpin, Academic
    Press, 1997, pp. 183–210, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012323445-2/50012-2">10.1016/B978-012323445-2/50012-2</a>.
  short: N.H. Barton, M. Whitlock, in:, I. Hanski, M.E. Gilpin (Eds.), Metapopulation
    Biology, Academic Press, 1997, pp. 183–210.
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:08:05Z
date_published: 1997-03-12T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-08-17T12:47:42Z
day: '12'
doi: 10.1016/B978-012323445-2/50012-2
editor:
- first_name: Illka
  full_name: Hanski, Illka
  last_name: Hanski
- first_name: Michael E.
  full_name: Gilpin, Michael E.
  last_name: Gilpin
extern: '1'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '03'
oa_version: None
page: 183 - 210
publication: Metapopulation Biology
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - '9780123234452'
publication_status: published
publisher: Academic Press
publist_id: '1782'
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: The evolution of metapopulations
type: book_chapter
user_id: ea97e931-d5af-11eb-85d4-e6957dddbf17
year: '1997'
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