Methods and applications of population viability analysis (PVA): A review

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 257-267

  Tian, Yu ^a   Wu, Jian Guo ^a,b,c   Kou, Xiao Jun ^a   Wang, Tian Ming ^a   Smith, Andrew T ^b   Ge, Jian Ping ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Extinction risk; Minimum viable population; Population dynamics; Population viability analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDSCAPE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 79954541394     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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