Demographic stochasticity and social mating system in the process of extinction of small populations: The case of passerines introduced to New Zealand

American Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 449-463

  Legendre, Stéphane ^a   Clobert, Jean ^b   Møller, Anders P ^b   Sorci, Gabriele ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Demographic stochasticity; Mating system; Probability of extinction; Two sex models

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE;

EID: 0033058585     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303195     Document Type: Article

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