Life-history and viability analysis of the endangered Hawaiian stilt

Biological Conservation

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-45

  Reed, J Michael ^a,b   Elphick, Chris S ^a   Oring, Lewis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic model; Extinction; Hawaiian stilt; Himantopus; PVA; Shorebird

Indexed keywords

HAWAIIA; HIMANTOPUS; HIMANTOPUS MEXICANUS; POTATO VIRUS A; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032054040     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00077-3     Document Type: Article

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