Demographic forecasting in koala conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 629-638

  Penn, Angela M ^d   Sherwin, William B ^d   Gordon, Greg ^d   Lunney, Daniel ^a   Melzer, Alistair ^b   Lacy, Robert C ^c  

^a Biodiv Survey and Research Division   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 0034041322     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99385.x     Document Type: Review

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