A metapopulation of the lizard Anguis fragilis (Squamata: Anguidae) on a local scale in Dorset, Great Britain, as indicated by spatial distribution and movement. A metapopulation is a group of spatially structured populations, consisting of distinct units (subpopulations) that are separated by space or barriers, and connected by dispersal models showed that slow-worms are aggregated into individual subpopulations; the movement data revealed that males are more likely to migrate than females and that they supports the metapopulation theory and that slow-worms exist in multiple small subpopulations instead of one large homogenous population.Keywords: dispersal, male bias, mark-recapture, slow-worm.
ResumoUma metapopulação em escala local para o lagarto Anguis fragilis (Squamata: Anguidae) em Dorset, Grã-Bretanha, revelada pela distribuição espacial e movimentação.Objetivamos fornecer evidências de que o lagarto poderia potencialmente existir em Palavras-chave:
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