Digging the pupfish out of its hole: Risk analyses to guide harvest of Devils Hole pupfish for captive breeding

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Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Beissinger, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Devils Hole pupfish; Extinction; Harvest strategy; Population viability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HATCHING; KILLIFISH; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PUPFISH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

CYPRINODON DIABOLIS;

EID: 84949131469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.549     Document Type: Article

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