title: The impacts of population subdivision on the viability of Brachyteles hypoxanthus.
abstract: Habitat loss and fragmentation turn continuous large populations into metapopulations of smaller populations, more prone to the negative effects of stochastic processes. We modeled scenarios simulating the subdivision of Brachyteles hypoxanthus populations under different dispersal rates. Results show the existence of a population subdivision threshold, below which subdivision causes the metapopulation structure to collapse. Management should target first the increase in local populations through habitat restoration/protection, and only after populations are sufficiently large, connectivity strategies should take place.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, Brasil.
authors.forename: Anderson A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Eduardo
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brito
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D053819:Atelinae / Q000502:physiology*; D001938:Brazil; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D003710:Demography; D017753:Ecosystem; D008954:Models, Biological; D011157:Population Dynamics; D014197:Trees