Modeling the effects of predator exclosures on a western snowy plover population

Natural Resource Modeling

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 529-547

  Watts, Christina M ^a   Cao, Jing ^b   Panza, Christopher ^c   Dugaw, Christopher ^b   Colwell, Mark ^b   Burroughs, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Forestry and Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete time stochastic model; Nest exclosure; Western snowy plover

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BETA DISTRIBUTIONS; CALIFORNIA; DEMOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS; DISCRETE TIME; DISCRETE-TIME STOCHASTIC MODEL; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MODEL USE; NEST EXCLOSURE; STOCHASTIC-MODELING; WESTERN SNOWY PLOVER;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 84864772298     PISSN: 08908575     EISSN: 19397445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-7445.2012.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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