Demographic consequences of adaptive growth and the ramifications for conservation of long-lived organisms

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1951-1959

  Spencer, Ricky John ^a   Janzen, Fredric J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive growth; Density dependent selection; Elasticity analyses, Emydura macquarii, Chrysemys picta; Human impact; Invasive species; Long lived organisms; Population models; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATURATION; MORTALITY; NEST PREDATION; POPULATION MODELING; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

CHRYSEMYS PICTA; EMYDURA MACQUARII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77955095623     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.034     Document Type: Article

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