Isabelle Olivierie is at INRA Centre de Montpellier, Station de Génétique et Amelioration des Plantes, Domaine de Melgueil, 34130 Mauguio, France.
Trends Ecol Evol. 1990 Jul;5(7):207-10. doi: 10.1016/0169-5347(90)90132-W.
The metapopulation concept allows us to generate new models, in which each single local population is in disequilibrium (from both demographic and genetic points of view) but the whole is stable. We review recent empirical and theoretical results showing the relevance of the metapopulation level, in particular for understanding the evolution of those traits that do not experience the same selective forces during the different demographic stages of each local population.
复合种群概念使我们能够生成新的模型,在这些模型中,每个单一的局部种群都处于不平衡状态(从人口和遗传角度来看),但整个种群是稳定的。我们回顾了最近的实证和理论结果,这些结果表明了复合种群水平的相关性,特别是对于理解那些在每个局部种群的不同人口阶段经历不同选择压力的特征的进化。