Ilkka Hanski

May 6, 2024 | pnas.org | Ilkka Hanski |Morgan Edwards |Zachary Thomas |Gregory Nemet

Landscape fragmentation overturns classical metapopulation thinkingEdited by Daniel Simberloff, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN; received March 7, 2023; accepted March 5, 2024SignificanceMaintaining metapopulation viability on fragmented landscapes is of great interest in ecology and conservation biology. Although extensive theories have been developed, past models typically assume simple landscape structures that do not reflect realistic fragmentation.