The effects of fire and predators on the long-term persistence of an endangered shrub, Grevillea caleyi

Biological Conservation

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-83

  Regan, Helen M ^a,b   Auld, Tony D ^c   Keith, David A ^c   Burgman, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Fire intervals; Individual based model; Population dynamics; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIRE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED PREDATION;

AUSTRALIA;

GREVILLEA;

EID: 0037208409     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00138-6     Document Type: Article

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