Quantifying allowable harm in species at risk: Application to the Laurentian black redhorse (Moxostoma duquesnei)

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 676-688

  Vélez Espino, Luis A ^a   Koops, Marten A ^a  

^a GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allowable harm; Black redhorse; Demography; Elasticity; Habitat explicit modelling; Matrix population models; Species at risk

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; DEMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RECOVERY PLAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

MOXOSTOMA DUQUESNEI;

EID: 70349088227     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1023     Document Type: Article

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