Applying the declining population paradigm: Diagnosing causes of poor reproduction in the Marbled Murrelet

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1088-1098

  Peery, M Zachariah ^a   Beissinger, Steven R ^a   Newman, Scott H ^b   Burkett, Esther B ^c   Williams, Tony D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Declining population paradigm; Demography; Marbled Murrelet; Population declines; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 3042556969     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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