Predicting extinction risks for plants: Environmental stochasticity can save declining populations

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 516-520

  Higgins, Steven I ^a   Pickett, Steward T A ^b   Bond, William J ^c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXTINCTION RISK; PERSISTENCE; PLANT; PREDICTION; STOCHASTICITY;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POPULATION GROWTH; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033636142     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)01993-5     Document Type: Note

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