passages.id: split_9_validation_1409_passage
passages.type: progene_text
passages.text: Particularly , both the " self - excitation " and " self - inhibition " regimes of the metapopulation system are robust to variation in habitat size ; however , when one of the habitats is much smaller than the other , the " self - excitation " regime can give way to the " self - inhibition " regime and vice versa .