Fig. 1.

Schematic of regular and random dispersal networks. Warmer and cooler colors represent patches with higher and lower temperatures, respectively. (A) In the regular network, each patch is connected to its four nearest neighbors, while in the random network, connections are possible between any nodes, creating shortcuts. (B) A closed system (γ = 0) has isolated patches with only self‐connections while a fully open system (γ = 1) has equal dispersal probability among all connections, shown here for the random network from panel A.