Using long-term occupancy information to inform the management of Cape Sable seaside sparrows in the Everglades

Biological Conservation

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 139-149

  Cassey, Phillip ^a   Lockwood, Julie L ^a   Fenn, Katherine H ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades; Extinction; Occupancy; Presence absence; Seaside sparrow; Site abandonment; Trend

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CAPE SABLE; EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS MARITIMUS; AMMODRAMUS MARITIMUS MIRABILIS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 34548359026     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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