Modelling strategies for the management of the critically endangered Carpentarian rock-rat (Zyzomys palatalis) of northern Australia

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 355-368

  Brook, Barry W ^a   Griffiths, Anthony D ^a   Puckey, Helen L ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Territory   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fire; Metapopulation; Population model; Prescribed burning; Rainforest; Rodent; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RATS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED; DRY SEASONS; EXTINCTION; METAPOPULATIONS; MODELLING STRATEGIES; POPULATION MODEL; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RAINFOR; RODENT; THREATENED SPECIES;

FIRES;

FUEL;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RODENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES HABITAT; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; GULF OF CARPENTARIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; ZYZOMYS; ZYZOMYS PALATALIS;

EID: 0036689530     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4797(02)90561-X     Document Type: Article

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