Reconstructing the historic demography of an endangered seabird

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 296-305

  Beissinger, Steven R ^a   Peery, M Zachariah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Age ratio analyses; Brachyramphus marmoratus; Demography; Endangered species; Historical demography; Limiting factor; Marbled Murrelet; Matrix population model; Museum specimens; Population growth

Indexed keywords

AGE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LIMITING FACTOR; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; CHARADRIIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; CHARADRIIFORMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 33846789828     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0869     Document Type: Article

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