A biological framework for evaluating whether a species is threatened or endangered in a significant portion of its range

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 964-974

  Waples, Robin S ^a   Adams, Peter B ^b   Bohnsack, James ^c   Taylor, Barbara L ^b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Canadian lynx; Endangered Species Act; Extinction risk; Metapopulation; Normative dimension; Pacific herring; Pacific salmon; Species range

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLUPEOID; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FELID; HABITAT QUALITY; METAPOPULATION; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RANGE SIZE; RISK FACTOR; SALMONID;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; LEGAL ASPECT; LYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; LYNX; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PUGET SOUND; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS; ONCORHYNCHUS;

EID: 34447507938     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00730.x     Document Type: Review

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