Evaluating the severity of the population bottleneck in the mauritius kestrel Falco punctatus from ringing records using MCMC estimation

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 401-409

  Groombridge, Jim J ^a   Bruford, Michael W ^a,d   Jones, Carl G ^b   Nichols, Richard A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Mauritius Wildlife Foundation   (Mauritius)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Endangered species; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Minimum viable population size; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ESTIMATION METHOD; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; PRODUCTIVITY; RAPTOR;

MAURITIUS;

FALCO PUNCTATUS;

EID: 0034997341     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2001.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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