Eccological Impact Assessment in Data-Poor Systems: A Case Study on Metapopulation Persistence

Environmental Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 760-777

  Etienne, Rampal S ^a   Vos, Claire C ^b   Jansen, Michiel J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bufo calamita; Ecological impact assessment; Metapopulation; Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis; Triturus cristatus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; METAPOPULATION; RAILWAY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAUNA; FLORA; HABITAT QUALITY; METAPOPULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SALAMANDER; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOAD;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; BUFO; BUFO CALAMITA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS; TRITURUS CRISTATUS;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 1642307336     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0045-y     Document Type: Article

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