Tackling biocomplexity with meta-models for species risk assessment

Ecology and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Nyhus, Philip J ^a   Lacy, Robert ^b   Westley, Frances R ^c   Miller, Philip ^d   Vredenburg, Harrie ^e   Paquet, Paul ^f   Pollak, John ^g  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^b Chicago Zoological Society   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d IUCN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Biocomplexity; Endangered species; Human dimension; Meta model; Population viability analysis; Risk assessment; VORTEX

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENDANGERED SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34447335879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02084-120131     Document Type: Article

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