A system dynamics approach to modelling multiple drivers of the African penguin population on Robben Island, South Africa

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 277, Issue , 2014, Pages 38-56

  Weller, Florian ^a   Cecchini, Lee Anne ^a   Shannon, Lynne ^a   Sherley, Richard B ^a   Crawford, Robert J M ^a,b   Altwegg, Res ^a,c   Scott, Leanne ^a   Stewart, Theodor ^a   Jarre, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Oceans and Coasts ^*  (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Demographic model; Southern Benguela; Spheniscus demersus; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894041122     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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