Theory and applications of metapopulations

集合种群是“种群的种群”，不同的地方通过个体（人类或动物）之间的移动而联系在一起。集合种群在生态学中用于描述动物在地理区域之间的移动以及这些区域内的种群动态，在流行病学中用于描述旅行个体携带的传染性病原体的时空传播。例如，我曾使用这一框架来描述以全球航空运输网络为渠道的全球性传染病传播，如大流行性H1N1流感。

Metapopulations are "populations of populations", with different places linked by the movement of individuals (humans or animals) between them. Metapopulations are used in ecology to describe movemement of animals between geographical regions and the dynamics of populations within those regions, and in epidemiology to describe the spatio-temporal spread of infectious pathogens carried by travelling individuals. I have for instance used this framework to describe the global spread of infections such as pandemic H1N1 Influenza using the global air transportation network as a conduit.