Dynamics of an endangered new zealand skink: Accounting for incomplete detectability in estimating patch occupancy

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Seddon, Philip J ^a   Roughton, Catherine M ^a,d   Reardon, James ^b   Mackenzie, Darryl I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c Proteus Wildlife Research Consultants   (New Zealand)

^d Woodend North Canterbury ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Extinction; Grand skink; Metapopulation; Oligosoma grande; Presence; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; DETECTION METHOD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION; HABITAT TYPE; LIZARD; MATRIX; METAPOPULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASTURE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVEY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

OLIGOSOMA GRANDE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79959452098     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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