Population dynamics and conservation biology of the over-exploited Mediterranean red coral

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 244, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 416-423

  Santangelo, Giovanni ^a   Bramanti, Lorenzo ^a   Iannelli, Mimmo ^b  

^a Department of Ethology Ecology Evolution ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age structured discrete model; Conservation biology; Global change; Population dynamics; Red coral

Indexed keywords

CORAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; LIFE TABLE; MASS MORTALITY; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AGE STRUCTURED DISCRETE MODEL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CORAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HABITAT QUALITY; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE TABLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED CORAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SIMULATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; CORALLIUM RUBRUM;

EID: 33845968539     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.08.027     Document Type: Article

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