The role of demographic compensation theory in incidental take assessments for endangered species

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 730-737

  McGowan, Conor P ^a,b   Ryan, Mark R ^a   Runge, Michael C ^b   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a   Cochrane, Jean Fitts ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Charadrius melodus; Compensation; Endangered species; Piping plover; Population modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXTINCTION; HARVESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; SURVIVAL; WADER;

GREAT PLAINS;

CHARADRIUS MELODUS;

EID: 79451473688     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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