A semi-empirical growth estimation method for matrix models of endangered species

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 195, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 237-246

  Rogers Bennett, Laura ^a   Rogers, Donald W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data poor; Growth transition matrix; Population dynamics; Population viability analyses; White abalone

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ESTIMATION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA POOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH ESTIMATION; GROWTH-TRANSITION MATRIX; MATRIX MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSES; WHITE ABALONE;

BIODIVERSITY;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH DETERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ECHINOIDEA; HALIOTIS CORRUGATA; HALIOTIS RUFESCENS; HALIOTIS SORENSENI;

EID: 33646392746     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.11.019     Document Type: Article

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