Quantitative conservation biology : theory and practice of population viability analysis /
William F. Morris, Daniel F. Doak.
- xvi, 480 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What Is Population Viability Analysis, and How Can It Be Used in Conservation Decision-Making? -- The Causes and Quantification of Population Vulnerability -- Count-Based PVA: Density-Independent Models -- Count-Based PVA: Incorporating Density Dependence, Demographic Stochasticity, Correlated Environments, Catastrophes, and Bonanzas -- Accounting for Observation Error in Count-Based PVAs -- Demographic PVAs: Using Demographic Data to Build Stochastic Projection Matrix Models -- Demographic PVAs: Using Projection Matrices to Assess Population Growth and Viability -- Demographic PVAs Based on Vital Rates: Removing Sampling Variation and Incorporating Large Variance, Correlated Environments, Demographic Stochasticity, and Density Dependence into Matrix Models -- Using Demographic PVA Models in Management: Sensitivity Analysis -- Population Dynamics across Multiple Sites: The Interaction of Dispersal and Environmental Correlation -- Methods of Viability Analysis for Spatially Structured Populations -- Critiques and Cautions: When to Perform (and When Not to Perform) a Population Viability Analysis. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
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