Sea level rise and prescribed fire management: Implications for seaside sparrow population viability

Biological Conservation

Volumn 173, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-31

  Kern, Rebecca A ^a   Gregory Shriver, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat loss; Population viability; Prescribed fire; Sea level rise; Seaside sparrow; Tidal marsh

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HABITAT LOSS; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRIORITIZATION; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SONGBIRD; TIDAL FLAT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897495299     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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