Note: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Impact of a classic paper by H. Ronald Pulliam: the first 20 years -- Summary -- Development of the paper and model structure -- Overview of the impact -- Impact on the theoretical development of ecology -- Applications to other scientific disciplines -- Applications to natural resource management -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part II Advances in source-sink theory -- 2 Evolution in source-sink environments: implications for niche conservatism -- Summary -- Introduction -- An exemplary real-world source-sink system: the sea rocket -- General questions about adaptive evolution in sinks -- The demographic context of sink evolution -- Evolution of local adaptation in a sink population: the fate of single favorable mutants -- Evolution of local adaptation in sink environments: quantitative genetic approaches -- Coupled source-sink evolution -- Concluding thoughts -- The severity of the sink environment -- The rate of immigration -- Temporal variability in immigration rate -- The rate of emigration -- The directionality of dispersal, and tradeoffs -- Temporal variability in the sink environment -- Interspecific interactions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 Source-sink dynamics emerging from unstable ideal free habitat selection -- Summary -- Introduction -- Ideal free habitat selection and source-sink regulation -- Evolutionary stability of ideal free habitat selection -- Inclusive fitness and the MAXN strategy of habitat selection -- Simulating ideal free versus MAXN strategies of source-sink habitat selection -- Discussion and implications -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 Sources and sinks in the evolution and persistence of mutualisms -- Summary -- Introduction -- Natural history of the study system. , Sources and sinks in the mutualism -- Sources, sinks, and the evolution and persistence of mutualisms -- The evolution and the dissolution of sinks -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5 Effects of climate change on dynamics and stability of multiregional populations -- Summary -- Background -- Research methods -- Two-patch models -- Multiregional models -- Results -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 6 Habitat quality, niche breadth, temporal stochasticity, and the persistence of populations in heterogeneous landscapes -- Summary -- Background -- Research methods -- Model description -- Simulation experiments -- Data analysis -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7 When sinks rescue sources in dynamic environments -- Summary -- Introduction -- Example systems -- Alabama beach mouse and hurricanes -- Riparian vegetation and floods -- Parks and fires -- Model -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 8 Sinks, sustainability, and conservation incentives -- Summary -- Background -- The effect of sinks -- Research methods -- A coupled human-natural system model -- Land Managers' decisions, incentive strategies and sinks -- Species, Habitats and landscape -- Sinks -- Land Managers -- Conservation incentives -- Analysis of results -- Results and discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part III Progress in source-sink methodology -- 9 On estimating demographic anddispersal parameters for niche andsource-sink models -- Summary -- Introduction -- The models: nichemaker and nicheobserver -- Parameter estimates for adult and seedling survival -- Parameter estimates for fecundity -- Estimating dispersal -- A maximum likelihood approach to parameter estimation -- Estimates of population growth (.) and identification of sources and sinks. , Comparison of the regression and maximum likelihood parameter estimates -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix -- 10 Source-sink status of small and large wetland fragments and growth rate of a population network -- Summary -- Background -- Methods -- Study species -- Study area and local populations -- Field procedures -- Calculations of source-sink status of local populations and population growth rate -- Estimating demographic rates -- Results -- Demographic rates -- Comparison between Rr and C..r -- Temporal and spatial variation in C..r -- Growth rate of the entire population network -- Discussion and conclusions -- Methodological issues -- Source-sink status of local reed bunting populations -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 11 Demographic and dispersal data from anthropogenic grasslands: what should we measure? -- Summary -- Background -- Demographic study -- Dispersal study -- Modeling study -- What are we measuring? -- What should we be measuring? -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 12 Network analysis: a tool for studying the connectivity of source-sink systems -- Summary -- Introduction -- Network models for landscapes -- Fitting relevant methods to particular problems -- Quantifying source-sink landscape digraphs -- Case studies: undirected and directed landscape graphs -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 13 Sources, sinks, and model accuracy -- Summary -- Background -- Environmental gradients and avian reproductive success in tidal-marsh habitats -- Research methods -- Study species -- Coastal plain swamp sparrow habitat and range -- Seasonal fecundity model -- The fecundity curve -- The niche model -- Survival estimates for the niche model -- Model precision -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- 14 Scale-dependence of habitat sources and sinks -- Summary -- Background. , Scale in the source-sink literature -- Habitat quality, demographic performance and scale -- Mobility and scale -- Synthesis -- Hierarchical models for incorporating scale -- Case study -- Study system -- Vital rates and demographic models -- Results -- Discussion -- Explaining patterns -- Integrating dispersal -- Implications and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 15 Effects of experimental population removal for the spatial population ecology of the alpine butterfly, Parnassius smintheu -- Summary -- Introduction -- Methods -- Study species -- Study site and population structure -- Experiments and general hypotheses -- Mark-recapture and population estimates -- Analyses -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part IV Improvement of source-sink management -- 16 Contribution of source-sink theoryto protected area science -- Summary -- Introduction -- Protected area as a sink -- Example: Song bird population dynamics in Greater Yellowstone -- Other examples -- Protected area as source at risk from an attractive sink -- Example: Yellowstone grizzly bears -- Other examples -- Protected area as source allowing sustainable harvest in surrounding areas -- Terrestrial applications -- Marine applications -- Conclusions and management implications -- References -- 17 Evidence of source-sink dynamics in marine and estuarine species -- Summary -- Introduction -- Criteria for determination of source-sink dynamics -- Evidence of source-sink dynamics -- Definitive sources and sinks -- Habitat quality -- Predation -- Dispersal -- Probable sources and sinks -- Habitat quality -- Dispersal -- Fishery exploitation -- Feasible sources and sinks -- Habitat quality -- Dispersal -- Fishery exploitation -- Characteristics and mechanisms of source-sink dynamics -- Implications of source-sink dynamics for conservation -- References. , 18 Population networks with sources and sinks along productivity gradients in the Fiordland Marine Area, New Zealand: a case -- Introduction -- Summary -- Materials and methods -- Sea urchin size structure -- Sea urchin and kelp abundance survey -- Distance to fjord entrance -- Data analysis -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 19 Source-sinks, metapopulations, and forest reserves: conserving northern flying squirrels in the temperate rainforests of S -- Summary -- Introduction -- Study area -- Methods -- Emigration rate and dispersal probability -- Probability of persistence -- Results -- Discussion -- Probability of dispersal and functional connectivity -- Assumptions and limitations -- Implications for conservation planning -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 20 Does forest fragmentation and loss generate sources, sinks, and ecological traps in migratory songbirds? -- Summary -- Introduction -- Causes of area-sensitivity and edge avoidance -- Brood parasitism -- Nest predation -- Does reduced nesting success in fragmented forests lead to source-sink dynamics? -- Management implications of source-sink dynamics -- Tract size and shape -- Cowbird control -- Decision rules and ecological traps -- Do all species base their decision rules on nesting success? -- Problems with identifying sources and sinks -- Problems with survival estimates -- Do the interiors of large forest tracts always act as refugia from predation? -- Does dispersal occur on a large enough spatial scale to recolonize distant patches? -- What are the relative contributions of habitat fragmentation and landscape composition to source-sink dynamics? -- Conclusions -- References -- 21 Source-sink population dynamics and sustainable leaf harvesting of the understory palm Chamaedorea radicalis -- Summary -- Background -- Objectives -- Research methods -- Study site. , Study species.