Incorporating spatial structure and stochasticity in endangered Bonelli's eagle's population models: Implications for conservation and management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1013-1020

  Soutullo, Alvaro ^a   López López, Pascual ^a,b   Urios, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquila fasciata; Demographic models; Elasticity analysis; Individual based models; Metapopulations; Population dynamics; Raptors; Spain; Vortex

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; METAPOPULATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; RAPTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AQUILA; RAPTORES;

EID: 41849096314     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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