An individual-based, spatially-explicit simulation model of the population dynamics of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker, Picoides borealis

Biological Conservation

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-14

  Letcher, Benjamin H ^a,d   Priddy, Jeffery A ^b   Walters, Jeffrey R ^c   Crowder, Larry B ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual based model; Population dynamics; Red cockaded woodpecker; Spatially explicit model; Territory distribution; Territory number

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

PICOIDES BOREALIS;

EID: 0032192723     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00019-6     Document Type: Article

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