Survival and population persistence in the critically endangered Tuamotu kingfisher

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1001-1010

  Kesler, Dylan C ^a   Laws, Rebecca J ^a   Cox, Allison S ^a   Gouni, Anne ^b   Stafford, Joshua D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie MANU   (French Polynesia)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

endangered; French Polynesia; island birds; life stage simulation; population processes; population projection matrix; survival; Todiramphus gambieri; Tuamotu kingfisher

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLEDGING; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TERRITORY;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

ALCEDINIDAE; AVES; FELIS CATUS; RATTUS; TODIRAMPHUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84862275567     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.324     Document Type: Article

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