Extension of landscape-based population viability models to ecoregional scales for conservation planning

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2041-2053

  Bonnot, Thomas W ^a   Thompson, Frank R ^a   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Central hardwoods; Demographic; Habitat; HSI; Landscape; Prairie warbler; Viability modeling; Wood thrush; Worm eating warbler

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FACILITATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LANDSCAPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRAIRIE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; DENDROICA DISCOLOR; HELMITHEROS; HELMITHEROS VERMIVORUS; HYLOCICHLA; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA;

EID: 79957662416     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.04.026     Document Type: Article

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