Species as indicators of large-scale environmental change: A computer simulation model of population decline

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 502-511

  Bowers, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Environmental monitoring; Indicator species; Landscape ecology; Source sink population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE;

EID: 0030316505     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682369     Document Type: Article

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