Adaptive harvesting of source populations for translocation: A case study with New Zealand Robins

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 114-124

  Dimond, Wendy J ^a,b   Armstrong, Doug P ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Population modeling; Reintroduction; Sustainable harvesting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; PASSERINE; POPULATION MODELING; REINTRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSLOCATION;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TIRITIRI MATANGI ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; PETROICA; PETROICA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 33846949999     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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