Modelling populations of long-lived birds of prey for conservation: A study of imperial eagles (Aquila heliaca) in Kazakhstan

Biological Conservation

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 322-335

  Katzner, Todd E ^a   Bragin, Evgeny A ^b   Milner Gulland, E J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Naurzum National Nature Reserve   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Aquila heliaca; Demographic models; Kazakhstan; Multiple variable perturbation; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; RANGE SIZE; RAPTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; NAURZUM NATURE RESERVE; WEST ASIA;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AQUILA HELIACA; AVES; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745899330     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.04.024     Document Type: Article

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