Stochastic matrix models for conservation and management: A comparative review of methods

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 244-266

  Fieberg, John ^a,b   Ellner, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Correlated vital rates; Environmental stochasticity; Population viability analysis; Sensitivity analysis; Stochastic matrix models; Transition matrices

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION;

EID: 0034982225     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00202.x     Document Type: Review

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