Reducing bias and improving precision in species extinction forecasts

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1157-1165

  Kevin, E See ^a,b   Elizabeth, E Holmes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement error; Monitoring design; Population viability analysis; Process error; PVA; Quasi extinction risk; Repeated measures; Sampling design; State space model

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; EXTINCTION RISK; FORECASTING METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PRECISION; SAMPLING BIAS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TIME; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FORECASTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84930013775     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-2003.1     Document Type: Article

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