Using an age-structured population model to define management requirements for conservation of egrets in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Emu

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-196

  Arthur, Anthony D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ardea; breeding; Egretta; flooding; population dynamics; population persistence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE STRUCTURE; BIODIVERSITY; COLONY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; JUVENILE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RIVER SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

ARDEA; ARDEIDAE; EGRETTA;

EID: 80052217476     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU10060     Document Type: Article

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