| enhancing the area-isolation paradigm: habitat heterogeneity and metapopulation dynamics of a rare wetland mammal. | conservation of species in fragmented landscapes often is guided by spatially realistic metapopulation theory. however, convincing cases of metapopulation dynamics are uncommon, especially for vertebrates. moreover, there is concern that the patch area and isolation paradigm for metapopulations is an oversimplification for heterogeneous landscapes. we tested predictions from metapopulation theory for a rare wetland mammal (round-tailed muskrat, neofiber alleni) and asked whether it was necessary ... | 2009 | 19831065 |