Consider a metapopulation of snuffleupagi that live in a set

Consider a metapopulation of snuffleupagi that live in a set of forest habitat patches. These patches vary considerably in size and there distance to one another. Not all forest patches are occupied by a snuffleupagus sub-population. Which forest patches would you most expect to be occupied by a snuffleupagus sub-population, and why?

Solution

Smaller an closer patches would be expected to be occupied byy sub populations.