Endangered species management requires a new look at the benefit of fire: The Cape Sable seaside sparrow in the Everglades ecosystem

Biological Conservation

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 398-407

  La Puma, David A ^a   Lockwood, Julie L ^a   Davis, Michelle J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cape Sable seaside sparrow; Disturbance; Everglades; Extinction; Fire; Management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CAPE SABLE; EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS MARITIMUS MIRABILIS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 33947135439     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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