Anatomy of a bottleneck: Diagnosing factors limiting population growth in the puerto rican parrot

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-203

  Beissinger, Steven R ^a   Wunderle Jr , Joseph M ^b   Meyers, J Michael ^c   Saether, Bernt Erik ^d   Engen, Steinar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amazona vittata; Conservation; Demographic model; Demography; Endangered species hatching failure; Extinction; Hurricane effects; Luquillo Experimental Forest; Population bottleneck; Puerto Rican Parrot; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIRD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HATCHING; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AMAZONA VITTATA; AVES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 63849299044     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0018.1     Document Type: Article

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