An approach for regional threat assessment under IUCN Red List criteria that is robust to uncertainty: The Fiordland bottlenose dolphins are critically endangered

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1570-1579

  Currey, Rohan J C ^a   Dawson, Stephen M ^a   Slooten, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphins; Critically endangered; Fiordland; Human impacts; IUCN Red List; Leslie matrix model; Population viability; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSERVATION STATUS; DOLPHIN; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; RED LIST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 67349275318     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.02.036     Document Type: Article

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