Spatial occupancy models for predicting metapopulation dynamics and viability following reintroduction

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1325-1333

  Chandler, Richard B ^a   Muths, Erin ^b   Sigafus, Brent H ^c   Schwalbe, Cecil R ^c   Jarchow, Christopher J ^c   Hossack, Blake R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithobates chiricahuensis; Allee effects; Amphibian; Connectivity; Ecological forecasts; Extinction; Hierarchical models; Spatial correlation; Spatio temporal models; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORRELATION; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FROG; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LOCAL EXTINCTION; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; REINTRODUCTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSLOCATION; VIABILITY;

ARIZONA; CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; LITHOBATES; RANA CHIRICAHUENSIS;

EID: 84941184820     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12481     Document Type: Article

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