Relationship between areas size and optimal connectivity (after Frank 1998). Mean time to extinction increases in the direction of the arrow for different degrees of connectivity (scenarios I to IV) when sites are of similar size (upper graph) and when sites are of different size (lower graph).

 
 
  Part of: Henle K, Potts S, Kunin W, Matsinos Y, Simila J, Pantis J, Grobelnik V, Penev L, Settele J (Eds) (2014) Scaling in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation. Advanced Books: e1169. https://doi.org/10.3897/ab.e1169