Title: rescue effect
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - rescue effect
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.14992
Status: current

Definition
Increased probability of a vacated-patch reoccupation in a metapopulation as the number of nearby, occupied patches increases.

Related Term
- metapopulation: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14850

Source
- PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 938 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)

Other Outputs
- html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14992/html
- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14992/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/14992/xml

Citation: Citation: 'rescue effect' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.14992
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