How to find a metapopulation

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1031-1048

  Driscoll, D A ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DOCUMENT EXTINCTIONS; RANKING MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; SPATIAL DYNAMICS;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

DECISION MAKING; DISPERSAL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; METAPOPULATION; NATIVE SPECIES; RECOLONIZATION; SURVIVAL; TELEMETRY;

EID: 38349082630     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-096     Document Type: Review

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