Integrating effects of hunting policy, catastrophic events, and inbreeding depression, in PVA simulation: The Scandinavian wolf population as an example

Biological Conservation

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-239

  Nilsson, Torbjörn ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Nature Conservation   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Population viability analysis (PVA); Proportional threshold harvesting; Simulation model; Time perspective; Viability criterion

Indexed keywords

CANID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; HUNTING; INBREEDING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

SCANDINAVIA;

CANIS; CANIS LUPUS; POTATO VIRUS A;

EID: 0242286646     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00120-4     Document Type: Article

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