The utility of transient sensitivity for wildlife management and conservation: Bison as a case study

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1808-1815

  Buhnerkempe, Michael G ^a   Burch, Nathanial ^a   Hamilton, Sarah ^a   Byrne, Kerry M ^a   Childers, Eddie ^b   Holfelder, Kirstin A ^a   McManus, Lindsay N ^a   Pyne, Matthew I ^a   Schroeder, Greg ^b   Doherty, Paul F ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Badlands National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Badlands National Park; Bison; Eigenvalue; Population matrix model; Sensitivity analyses; Transient dynamics; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGE STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CULLING; EIGENVALUE; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNGULATE; VIABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

BISON; BISON BISON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79957660055     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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