The metapopulation concept allows us to generate new models, in which each single local population is in disequilibrium (from both demographic and genetic points of view) but the whole is stable. We review recent empirical and theoretical results showing the relevance of the metapopulation level, in particular for understanding the evolution of those traits that do not experience the same selective forces during the different demographic stages of each local population.
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