rescue effect

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14992
Increased probability of a vacated-patch reoccupation in a metapopulation as the number of nearby, occupied patches increases.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 938 [Terms] [Paper]