A metapopulation approach to African lion (Panthera leo) conservation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Dolrenry, Stephanie ^a,b   Stenglein, Jennifer ^a   Hazzah, Leela ^a,b   Lutz, R Scott ^a   Frank, Laurence ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN LION; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; GENDER BIAS; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LION; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; LIONS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84895539153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088081     Document Type: Article

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