Estimating the ability of birds to sustain additional human-caused mortalities using a simple decision rule and allometric relationships

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1783-1792

  Dillingham, Peter W ^a   Fletcher, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Magpie goose; Population growth; Procellariiformes; Snow goose; White chinned petrel

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BYCATCH; CETACEAN; DECISION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAMEBIRD; MORTALITY; PINNIPED; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WIND TURBINE;

ANSER; ANSERANAS SEMIPALMATA; AVES; CETACEA; CHEN; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 46749111790     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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