Viability of Bell's Sage Sparrow (Amphispiza belli ssp. belli): Altered fire regimes

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 521-531

  Akçakaya, H Reşit ^a   Franklin, Janet ^b   Syphard, Alexandra D ^c   Stephenson, John R ^d  

^a APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphispiza belli ssp. belli; Coastal subshrub vegetation; Dynamic spatial structure; Fire rotation interval; Habitat model; Landscape model; Metapopulation; Sage Sparrow; San Diego county, California; Viability

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PASSERINE; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN DIEGO COUNTY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHISPIZA BELLI;

EID: 15944411047     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5378     Document Type: Article

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