Estimation of growth and extinction parameters for endangered species

Author:

Dennis, Brian, Munholland, Patricia L., Scott, J. Michael

Title:

Estimation of growth and extinction parameters for endangered species

Periodical:

Ecological Monographs

Year:

1991

Volume:

61

Pages:

115-143

Subject:

Palila Loxioides bailleui Hawaiian honeycreepers Drepanidinae Endangered species birds

Summary:

The survival or extinction of an endangered species is a chance event in that a species with an average negative growth rate might temporarily prosper while a species with a positive rate might become endangered. As a result, the accounting for stochastic factors in species preservation, while important, is not an easy task. Therefore, this document provides statistical techniques that were used in an effort to estimate the quantities that are related to growth and extinction for a variety of endangered species. It also provides illustrative analyses of data on the Whooping Crane (Grus americana), grizzly bear (Ursus Arabis Hoffmann) in Yellow stone, Kirkland's Warbler (dealbatus killdeer), California Condor (Gymnoascus californianus), Puerto Rican Parrot (Amazona vicarius), Palila (Loxioides balleui), and Layman Finch (tectorum cantons).

Label:

Birds - Palila

URL:

http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.2307/1943004

Collection:

Periodicals