Population viability analysis of the Blue-throated Macaw (Ara glaucogularis) using individual-based and cohort-based PVA programs

Open Conservation Biology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-24

  Strem, Rosa I ^a,b   Bouzat, Juan L ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Extinction; Psittacidae; PVA; Savanna

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884175531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18748392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874839201206010012     Document Type: Article

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