Beyond theory to application and evaluation: Diffusion approximations for population viability analysis

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1272-1293

  Holmes, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dennis model; Diffusion approximation; Extinction; Matrix models; Population models; Population viability analysis; Process error; Salmon; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ERROR ANALYSIS; VIABILITY;

EID: 4444229220     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5088     Document Type: Review

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