In a time of rapid habitat destruction threatening the existence many species, restoration degraded habitats plays crucial role in hampering biodiversity decline and recovering ecosystem services. The goal this study is to advance understanding consequences on metacommunities, which upmost importance for designing successful projects. We approach from theoretical perspective by analysing spatia...

Animal disease epidemic models are useful for better understanding both the spread and control of disease in a population. While it is advisable that models be only as complex as needed, it is often necessary to modify simplifying assumptions and thus increase model complexity to better reflect reality. Here, the author will examine the need for increasing model complexity by including randomne...

Spatially explicit population models are becoming increasingly useful tools for population ecologists, conservation biologists, and land managers. Models are spatially explicit when they combine a population simulator with a landscape map that describes the spatial distribution of landscape features. With this map, the locations of habitat patches, individuals, and other items of interest are e...