We examine why demographic models should be used cautiously in Population Viability
Analysis (PVA) with endangered species. We review the structure, data requirements, and …

Abstract With> 70% of the United States held in private ownership, land‐use decisions of
landowners will ultimately dictate the future of bird conservation in North America. However …

The decline of piping plover (Charadrius melodus) populations and subsequent listing as a
threatened species has been attributed, in part, to low chick survival. During 1988-90, we …

Uncertainty in parameter estimates from sampling variation or expert judgment can
introduce substantial uncertainty into ecological predictions based on those estimates …

The piping plover (Charadrius melodus) was listed under the United States Endangered
Species Act (ESA) because of habitat loss and excessive predation. The Missouri River …

There are only about 8000 Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus Ord, 1834) in existence.
Because they depend on environments that are under intense human pressures and …

Least terns (Sterna antillarum) were studied on the lower Platte River, Nebraska, where this
endangered population nests on natural sandbar habitat and on sandpit sites created by …

The US Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires that recovery plans establish “objective,
measurable” criteria on which to base listing decisions. Recovery plans are more effective if …

The Great Plains population of piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) is listed as threatened
or endangered and continues to decline. The effects of recently initiated management to …

One of the critical challenges in conservation biology is to develop quantitative methods for
evaluating the fate of populations that are threatened by human activities (Soulé 1987) …