Conservation biology for suites of species: Demographic modeling for Pacific island kingfishers

Biological Conservation

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 520-530

  Kesler, Dylan C ^a,b   Haig, Susan M ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic model; Halcyon cinnamomina; Island avifauna; Micronesian kingfisher; Pacific island conservation; Population model; Population suite; Todiramphus cinnamominus reichenbachii

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; NESTLING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALCEDINIDAE; TODIRAMPHUS; TODIRHAMPHUS CINNAMOMINUS;

EID: 33947313557     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.12.023     Document Type: Article

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