A simulation model of the Devils Hole pupfish population using monthly length-frequency distributions

Population Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 325-341

  Dzul, Maria Christina ^a   Dinsmore, Stephen James ^a   Quist, Michael Carl ^b   Gaines, Daniel Bailey ^c   Wilson, Kevin Patrick ^c   Bower, Michael Roy ^d   Dixon, Philip Michael ^e  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d Big Horn National Forest   (United States)

^e Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Devils Hole; Elasticity analysis; Endangered species; Population dynamics; Stereovideo

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EGG; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; JUVENILE; LARVA; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LIFE HISTORY; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; SURVIVAL; TELEOST; VULNERABILITY;

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK; DEVILS HOLE; NEVADA; NYE COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINODON DIABOLIS;

EID: 84876422429     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-013-0361-x     Document Type: Article

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