Conservation of fragmented small populations: Endemic species persistence on California's smallest channel island

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2537-2550

  Rubinoff, Daniel ^a   Powell, Jerry A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Insect conservation; Island endemics; Reserve design; Santa Barbara Island

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISLAND; RESERVE DESIGN;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA ISLAND; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ARGYROTAENIA; ARGYROTAENIA ISOLATISSIMA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 21744452992     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000048453.56515.d3     Document Type: Article

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