Inferring spatial structure from time-series data: Using multivariate state-space models to detect metapopulation structure of california sea lions in the gulf of California, Mexico

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-56

  Ward, Eric J ^a,c   Chirakkal, Haridas ^b   González Suárez, Manuela ^b   Aurioles Gamboa, David ^d   Holmes, Elizabeth E ^a   Gerber, Leah ^b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^d INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Extinction risk; Metapopulation; Multivariate state space; Spatial structure; Stochastic growth rate; Zalophus californianus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTINCTION RISK; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBPOPULATION; TIME SERIES;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 77949302752     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01745.x     Document Type: Article

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