Reliability of conservation actions based on elasticity analysis of matrix models

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 815-829

  Mills, L Scott ^a   Doak, Daniel F ^b   Wisdom, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Pacific Northwest Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION MODELING;

CETACEA; CUPIDO; GALLUS GALLUS; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; ORCINUS ORCA; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO;

EID: 0032774072     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98232.x     Document Type: Article

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