The presence of metapopulation structure has been repeatedly associated with increased stability \cite{1994,Earn_1998,Hanski_1997}. This is due in part to the ability of migration between asynchronous populations to rescue temporarily low density populations from extinction \cite{Brown_1977}. This is particularly relevant when populations are undergoing cyclical or chaotic dynamics, where repeated instances of low density are generally considered to be at greater risk of extinction than a population maintaining steady state dynamics \cite{Rosenzweig_1971,Hilker_2008}.