Viability and management of an endangered Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) metapopulation in the Jura Mountains, western Switzerland

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2017-2032

  Sachot, Sébastien ^a,b   Perrin, Nicolas ^a   Neet, Cornelis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Centre de Conservation de la Faune et de la Nature ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capercaillie; Endangered species; Habitat; Population dynamics; Population viability analysis; Tetrao urogallus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; POPULATION DECLINE; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VIABILITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; JURA MOUNTAINS; SWITZERLAND;

PHASIANIDAE; TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 33745776987     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-0771-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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