Integrating behaviour into wildlife conservation: The multiple ways that behaviour can reduce N(e)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 303-315

  Anthony, Laura L ^a   Blumstein, Daniel T ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour and conservation; Effective population size; Population viability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033939949     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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