Can captive rearing promote recovery of endangered butterflies? An assessment in the face of uncertainty

Biological Conservation

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 103-112

  Crone, Elizabeth E ^a   Pickering, Debbie ^b   Schultz, Cheryl B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive propagation; Extinction risk; Information gap; Oregon silverspot butterfly (Speyeria zerene hippolyta); Population supplementation; Population viability

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUTTERFLY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; REARING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION;

PAPILIONOIDEA; SPEYERIA ZERENE HIPPOLYTA;

EID: 34548280925     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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