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"The term <em>patch dynamics</em> can refer to two concepts.</p><p>The changes that occur in separate spatial components of an ecosystem are described as patch dynamics. Patch dynamics is also a theoretical approach according to which the dynamics of an ecosystem can be understood through the analysis of its smaller spatial components that interact mutually, which are called patches."
<https://www.britannica.com/science/patch-dynamics>