Demography and population trends of the largest population of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins

Biological Conservation

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 234-242

  Huang, Shiang Lin ^a,b   Karczmarski, Leszek ^c   Chen, Jialin ^d   Zhou, Ruilian ^a   Lin, Wenzhi ^a,d   Zhang, Haifei ^a   Li, Haiyan ^a   Wu, Yuping ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Pearl River Estuary Chinese White Dolphin National Nature Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

Leslie matrix model; Life table; Pearl River Estuary; Population decline rate; Population viability; Sousa chinensis

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DOLPHIN; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; LIFE TABLE; POPULATION DECLINE; RED LIST; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 84862802640     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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