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Intuitively, the minimum viable population represents the size that ensures persistence, i.e. in such a population the lass due to mortality, and possibly emigration, can be counterbalanced by reproduction. This concept, stressing the importance of size, seems to be valid, however, for isolated populations as well as for metapopulations, because one can neglect immigration of strange individuals to the population.
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Grüm, L. (1994). Minimum Populations of Carabid Beetles (Col., Carabidae). In: Remmert, H. (eds) Minimum Animal Populations. Ecological Studies, vol 106. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78214-5_9
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