The sensitivity of population viability analysis to uncertainty about habitat requirements: Implications for the management of the endangered southern brown bandicoot

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1045-1054

  Southwell, Darren M ^a   Lechner, Alex M ^b   Coates, Terry ^c   Wintle, Brendan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision theoretic approach; Dynamic landscape metapopulation modeling; Habitat modeling; Isoodon obesulus; Logistic regression; Model uncertainty; Population viability analysis; Sensitivity analysis; Southern brown bandicoot

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RARE SPECIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARSUPIAL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MARSUPIALIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ISOODON OBESULUS;

EID: 48749101516     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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