Endangered Species Update articles from July - September 2004

Endangered Species Update archives from July - September 2004

Monitoring the Endangered Species Act: revisiting the eastern north Pacific gray whale.
July 1, 2004... Abstract The U.S. Endangered Species Act provides powerful legislation to conserve imperiled populations but provides little consideration for the long-term viability of species that are deemed "recovered" and subsequently removed from the...

Population viability analysis: theoretical advances and research needs.
July 1, 2004... Abstract Population viability analysis (PVA) is a set of tools for forecasting population growth and estimating extinction risk. Recent methdological advances include assessing model reliability by estimating model parameters from time...

Landscape Ecology and Resource Management: Linking Theory with Practice.(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... John A. Bissonette & Ilse Storch, eds. Island Press, 2003 Researchers and managers working to protect rare species are increasingly becoming aware that the spatial pattern of critical habitats and temporal variation in ecological conditions...

Incorporating multiple criteria into the design of conservation area networks.
July 1, 2004... Abstract A two-stage protocol for the design of conservation area networks which allows multiple constraint synchronization is described. During the first stage areas are selected to represent components of biodiversity up to specified...

Monitoring the state-endangered Common Raven (Corvus corax) southeastern Kentucky.
July 1, 2004... Abstract In the eastern U.S., direct killing by humans and the loss of forest habitat and large mammals during the late 19th and early 20th centuries caused the extirpation of ravens in all but the most inaccessible and rugged portions of...