Dynamics and viability of a metapopulation of the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 349-370

  Gaona, Pilar ^a   Ferreras, Pablo ^a   Delibes, Miguel ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Demographic stochasticity; Environmental stochasticity; Extinction; Iberian lynx; Intrinsic dispersal; Landscape matrix; Lynx pardinus; Metapopulation dynamics; Migration; Population Viability Analysis; Protected area; Refuge; Simulation model; Source sink dynamics

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; METAPOPULATION; MODELING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA;

FELIDAE; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031709734     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657243     Document Type: Article

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