A trans-national monarch butterfly population model and implications for regional conservation priorities

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 51-60

  Oberhauser, Karen ^a   Wiederholt, Ruscena ^b   Diffendorfer, Jay E ^c   Semmens, Darius ^c   Ries, Leslie ^d   Thogmartin, Wayne E ^e   Lopez Hoffman, Laura ^b   Semmens, Brice ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian stage based matrix model; conservation prioritisation; Danaus plexippus; management strategies; population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GROWTH RATE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; PRIORITIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

CANADA; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 84992343777     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/een.12351     Document Type: Article

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