Multiple Choice
Ecologists have been monitoring three metapopulations of sawflies. Population A has a patch colonization rate of 0.08 and a patch extinction rate of 0.11. Population B has a patch colonization rate of 0.05 and a patch extinction rate of 0.04. Population C has a patch colonization rate of 0.10 and a patch extinction rate of 0.08. According to Levins's metapopulation model, which of these populations would be expected to persist for a long time?
A) Population A only
B) Population B only
C) Population C only
D) Populations B and C
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