How accurate are population models? Lessons from landscape-scale tests in a fragmented system

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-47

  Lindenmayer, D B ^a   Possingham, H P ^b   Lacy, R C ^c   McCarthy, M A ^d   Pope, M L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Landscape experiment; Population viability analysis; Species specific responses

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION THEORY;

POTATO VIRUS A; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242684407     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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