A stage-based model of manatee population dynamics

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 361-385

  Runge, Michael C ^a   Langtimm, Catherine A ^b   Kendall, William L ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Florida manatee; Forecasting; Recovery criteria; Stage structured population model; Trichechus manatus latirostris; Uncertainty; Variance decomposition

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; MARINE MAMMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT JOHNS COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

CHRISTIA; MAMMALIA; TRICHECHUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS;

EID: 3943054854     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2004.tb01167.x     Document Type: Article

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