Projecting population trends of endangered amphibian species in the face of uncertainty: A pattern-oriented approach

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-159

  Swanack, Todd M ^a   Grant, William E ^a   Forstner, Michael R J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis); Parametric uncertainty; Pattern oriented modeling; Spatially explicit individual based models

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK PERCEPTION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMPHIBIAN DECLINE; HOUSTON TOAD (BUFO HOUSTONENSIS); PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTY; PATTERN-ORIENTED MODELING; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; PERSISTENCE; POND; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; TOAD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO HOUSTONENSIS; METAMORPHA;

EID: 56949100089     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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