Allee effect and the uncertainty of population recovery

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 790-798

  Kuparinen, Anna ^a   Keith, David M ^b   Hutchings, Jeffrey A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Atlantic cod; Depensation; Overfishing; Population recovery; Sustainable harvesting

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; FISH; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

GADUS MORHUA;

ANIMAL; ATLANTIC COD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; GADUS MORHUA; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84900426858     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12216     Document Type: Article

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