The case of the missing marmots: Are metapopulation dynamics or range-wide declines responsible?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1293-1309

  Griffin, Suzanne C ^a,b   Taper, Mark L ^b   Hoffman, Roger ^c   Mills, L Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Olympic National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Marmota olympus; Metapopulation dynamics; Non equilibrium dynamics; Olympic marmot; Olympic National Park

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ELEVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION; GROWTH RATE; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; RECOLONIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER ISLAND; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

MARMOTA; MARMOTA OLYMPUS; MARMOTA VANCOUVERENSIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 44149123053     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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