Population viability risk management (PVRM) for in situ management of endangered tree species-A case study on a Taxus baccata L. population

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2835-2845

  Dhar, Amalesh ^a   Ruprecht, Herwig ^a   Vacik, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Endangered species; English yew (Taxus baccata L.); Forest management; Nature conservation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; CONSERVATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED TREE SPECIES; ENGLISH YEW (TAXUS BACCATA L.); POPULATION VIABILITY RISK MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; TAXUS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; STYRIA;

TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 41949142617     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.059     Document Type: Article

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