Using adaptive management to determine requirements of re-introduced populations: The case of the New Zealand hihi

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 953-962

  Armstrong, Doug P ^a,b   Castro, Isabel ^a   Griffiths, Richard ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Oceania Chair

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Model selection; Population modelling; Population viability analysis; Re introduction; Species recovery; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BREEDING SEASON; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING; GROWTH RATE; PASSERINE; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; BAY OF PLENTY; MOKOIA ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ACARI; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOTIOMYSTIS CINCTA;

EID: 34548385859     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01320.x     Document Type: Article

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