Viability of piping plover Charadrius melodus metapopulations

Biological Conservation

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-173

  Plissner, Jonathan H ^a   Haig, Susan M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charadrius melodus; Metapopulation; Piping plover; Population viability analysis; VORTEX

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; METAPOPULATION; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; POPULATION MODELING; SHOREBIRD;

NORTH AMERICA;

CHARADRIUS MELODUS;

EID: 0033978215     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00050-6     Document Type: Article

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