91 citations · 93 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
q-bio.PE2018★ 2 cited
A metapopulation model of the spread of the Devil Facial Tumour Disease predicts the long term collapse of its host but not its extinction
Veronika Siska, Anders Eriksson, Bernhard Mehlig +1
The Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD), a unique case of a transmissible cancer, had a devastating effect on its host, the Tasmanian Devil. Current estimates of its density are at…
q-bio.PE2014★ 91 cited
The emergence of the rescue effect from the interaction of local stochastic dynamics within a metapopulation
A. Eriksson, F. Elias Wolff, B. Mehlig +1
Immigration can rescue local populations from extinction, helping to stabilise a metapopulation. Local population dynamics is important for determining the strength of this rescue…
q-bio.PE2013
How Levins' dynamics emerges from a Ricker metapopulation model on the brink of extinction
F. Elias Wolff, A. Eriksson, A. Manica +1
Understanding the dynamics of metapopulations close to extinction is of vital importance for management. Levins-like models, in which local patches are treated as either occupied o…