Managing seabird metapopulations in the Mediterranean: Constraints and challenges

Scientia Marina

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPLEMENT 2, 2003, Pages 13-22

  Oro, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dispersal; Management policies; Mediterranean; Metapopulation; Multisite capture recapture models; Rescue effect; Research; Transfer processes

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METAPOPULATION; MOVEMENT; POPULATION MODELING; SEABIRD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0141634116     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2003.67s213     Document Type: Article

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