Neglecting uncertainty behind Allee effect estimation may generate false predictions of population extinction risk

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 845-856

  Berec, Luděk ^a,b   Mrkvička, Tomáš ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION RISK; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; RARE SPECIES; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878183569     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.19987.x     Document Type: Article

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