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Metapopulation Ecology presents a comprehensive synthesis of current research in this rapidly expanding area of population biology, from an author who is known for his ground-breaking work on metapopulations. It encompasses both the essential theory of metapopulations and a wide range of empirical studies - including the author's own research on the metapopulation biology of the Glanville fritillary butterfly - and includes discussion of practical applications to conservation biology. This book is intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and researchers in population biology, conservation biology, and ecology.

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Hanski's new book is a basic and very comprehensive textbook essential to anyone who wants to study the ecology of fragmented populations in close detail. It is integrated, didactic, and systematic, carefully maintaining a balance between theory and empirical results. Folia Geobotanica Iikka Hanski is the foremost authority on metapopulations and has co-edited two of the main texts on the subject ... and conservation biologists everywhere would do well to read this book. Biologist

..Iikka Hanski is the foremost authority on metapopulations and has co-edited two of the main texts on the subject...and conservation biologists everywhere would do well to read this book' Biologist Vol. 47, No. 3

Hanski's new book is a basic and very comprehensive textbook essential to anyone who wants to study the ecology of fragmented populations in close detail. It is integrated, didactic, and systematic, carefully maintaining a balance between theory and empirical results. Folia Geobotanica Iikka Hanski is the foremost authority on metapopulations and has co-edited two of the main texts on the subject ... and conservation biologists everywhere would do well to read this book. Biologist

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