Is it meaningful to estimate a probability of extinction?

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 298-310

  Ludwig, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Natural catastrophes; Population viability analysis; Probability of extinction; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0032897723     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0298:IIMTEA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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