Monitoring for Reintroductions

Reintroduction Biology: Integrating Science and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 223-255

  Nichols, James D ^a   Armstrong, Doug P ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Data, to meet programme needs; Detectability; Key system state variables' estimate; Monitoring for reintroductions; Monitoring, reintroduction programmes; Pre release monitoring and release site; Reintroductions, multiple decisions; Structured decision making (SDM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886559023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444355833.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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