Decision analysis to guide recovery of the po'ouli, a critically endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper

Biological Conservation

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 383-392

  VanderWerf, Eric A ^a   Groombridge, Jim J ^b,d   Scott Fretz, J ^c   Swinnerton, Kirsty J ^b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project   (United States)

^c Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision tree; Endangered species recovery; Hawaii; Po'ouli; Structured decision analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PASSERINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DREPANIDINAE;

EID: 33644549162     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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