Cost-Effectiveness of Translocation Options for a Threatened Waterbird

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 726-735

  Martínez Abraín, Alejandro ^a,b   Regan, Helen M ^b   Viedma, Covadonga ^c   Villuendas, Elena ^c   Bartolomé, Miguel Angel ^c   Gómez, Juan Antonio ^c   Oro, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Fulica cristata; Habitat quality; Metapopulation model; Reintroduction success

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECUNDITY; HABITAT QUALITY; JUVENILE; METAPOPULATION; REARING; REINTRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF; TRANSLOCATION; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; FULICA CRISTATA; RALLIDAE;

EID: 79960554005     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01693.x     Document Type: Article

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