Evaluating population persistence of Delmarva fox squirrels and potential impacts of climate change

Biological Conservation

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-77

  Hilderbrand, Robert H ^a   Gardner, Robert H ^a   Ratnaswamy, Mary J ^b   Keller, Cherry E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Endangered species; Environmental autocorrelation; Extinction risk; Persistence

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; ISOLATED POPULATION; PATCH SIZE; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

DELMARVA PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS NIGER; SCIURUS NIGER CINEREUS;

EID: 34047163486     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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