abstract:A metapopulation consists of a group of spatially separated populations of the same species which interact at some level. The term metapopulation was coined by Richard Levins in 1970 to describe a model of population dynamics of insect pests in agricultural fields, but the idea has been most broadly applied to species in naturally or artificially fragmented habitats.
Second, to select the program which will be the focus of a SIB, there needs to be a meta-analysis comparing programs with similar goals against one another to see which delivers the best results for the population and circumstances, and at what cost.