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Management solutions
- Decrease
habitat fragmentation by establishing connectivity between fragments. This
would decrease the number of metapopulations and the local extinction rate.
- Identify
species with low dispersal capabilities.
- Identify
source-sinks. Sources may need expanding.
- Prevent
extinction and encourage recolonisation. Recolonisation is enhanced by proximity
to large source patch, corridors, or stepping stones. It is encouraged by
a less hospitable matrix, low inter-patch distances, and high density of patches
that decrease isolation. Every element in the landscape may be important for
maintaining species.
- Management
needs to be directed toward controlling external influences (Forman,
1995).
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