A statistical approach to quasi-extinction forecasting

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1182-1198

  Holmes, Elizabeth Eli ^a   Sabo, John L ^b   Viscido, Steven Vincent ^a   Fagan, William Fredric ^c  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction analysis; Population models; Population viability analysis; Stochastic estimation; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXTINCTION RISK; FORECASTING METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 35848962946     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01105.x     Document Type: Review

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