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cje ›› 1998, Vol. ›› Issue (1): 47-53.

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Metapopulation: A New Paradigm of Application of the Theory of Population Ecology in Practice of Conservation Biology

Xu Hongfa, Lu Houji, Wang Xiaoming   

  1. Department of Biology, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062
  • Received:1996-04-02 Revised:1996-07-01 Online:1998-02-10

Abstract: Metapopulation theory is now a popular framework for understanding the threats faced by species in the fragmented habitat. The metapopulation concept, hypotheses, content, dynamics modeling and its application in pratice of conservation biology were described in the paper.

Key words: elevated O3 concentration, elevated UV-B radiation, soybean, active oxygen, chlorophyll.