A Strategy for Monitoring and Managing Declines in an Amphibian Community

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1245-1253

  Grant, Evan H Campbell ^a   Zipkin, Elise F ^b   Nichols, James D ^b   Campbell, J Patrick ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Management; Monitoring; Structured decision making; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTECTED AREA; TAXONOMY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INCERTIDUMBRE; MANAGEMENT; MANEJO; MONITOREO; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STRUCTURED DECISION MAKING; TOMA ESTRUCTURADA DE DECISIONES; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO; CLIMATE CHANGE; INCERTIDUMBRE; MANAGEMENT; MANEJO; MONITOREO; MONITORING; STRUCTURED DECISION MAKING; TOMA ESTRUCTURADA DE DECISIONES; UNCERTAINTY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY; WETLANDS;

EID: 84897102319     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12137     Document Type: Article

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