| bet-hedging applications for conservation. | one of the early tenets of conservation biology is that population viability is enhanced by maintaining multiple populations of a species. the strength of this tenet is justified by principles of bet-hedging. management strategies that reduce variance in population size will also reduce risk of extinction. asynchrony in population fluctuations in independent populations reduces variance in the aggregate of populations whereas environmental correlation among areas increases the risk that all popu ... | 2002 | 12177536 |