The anatomy of a (potential) disaster: Volcanoes, behavior, and population viability of the short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-331

  Finkelstein, M E ^a   Wolf, S ^a   Goldman, M ^a   Doak, D F ^b   Sievert, P R ^c   Balogh, G ^d   Hasegawa, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^e TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albatross; Catastrophe; Chronic; Disaster; Population viability analysis; Stochastic; Volcano

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MORTALITY; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO]; TORISHIMA ISLAND;

AVES; DIOMEDEA ALBATRUS;

EID: 73649130912     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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