Application of diffusion approximation for risk assessments of sea turtle populations

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 774-785

  Snover, Melissa L ^a   Heppell, Selina S ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion approximation; Endangered species; Fisheries management; Listing criterion; Population viability; PVA; Quasi extinction risk; Sea turtles; Susceptibility to quasi extinction

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCHASTICITY; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TURTLE; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TURTLES; UNCERTAINTY;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 65349096159     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1111.1     Document Type: Article

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