The return of the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) to northern Germany: Modelling the past to predict the future

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 710-721

  Krüger, Oliver ^a   Grünkorn, Thomas ^b   Struwe Juhl, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elasticity analysis; Life stage simulation analysis; Matrix model; Population recovery; Raptor; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT QUALITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; RAPTOR; RECOLONIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; WIND TURBINE;

GERMANY; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA; RAPTORES;

EID: 76449106939     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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