Variation thresholds for extinction and their implications for conservation strategies

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 510-520

  Fagan, William F ^a,b   Meir, Eli ^a,c   Moore, Joslin L ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extinction risk; Process error; Stochastic population models

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION RISK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; THRESHOLD; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033385397     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303262     Document Type: Article

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