Evaluating the "recovery level" of endangered species without prior information before alien invasion

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4711-4721

  Watari, Yuya ^a   Nishijima, Shota ^b   Fukasawa, Marina ^b   Yamada, Fumio ^c   Abe, Shintaro ^d   Miyashita, Tadashi ^b  

^a Assoc of Electronic Technology for   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d Japan Ministry of the Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Invasive species management; Long term monitoring; Nansei Islands; Predation; Small Indian mongoose.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888383359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.863     Document Type: Article

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