Reliability of absolute and relative predictions of population persistence based on time series

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1224-1232

  Lotts, Kelly C ^a   Waite, Thomas A ^a   Vucetich, John A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion approximation; Endangered species; Extinction; Population viability analysis; Risk assessment; Time series

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PERSISTENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES;

POTATO VIRUS A;

EID: 5344223453     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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