Abstract (from http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10980-015-0205-5): Context The Florida Everglades has diminished in size and its existing wetland hydrology has been altered. The endangered snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) has nearly abandoned the Everglades, and its prey, the apple snail (Pomacea paludosa), has declined. Objective We developed a population model (EverSnail) to understand apple snail response to inter- and intra-annual fluctuations in water depths over the Everglades landscape. EverSnail was developed as a tool to understand how apple snails respond to different hydrologic scenarios. Methods EverSnail is an age- and size-structured, spatially-explicit landscape model of P. paludosa...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Abundance,
Distribution,
Florida,
Hydrology,
Management, All tags...
National CASC,
Plants,
Population matrix model,
Restoration,
Snail kite,
Water, Coasts and Ice,
Wetlands,
Wetlands,
Wildlife and Plants, Fewer tags
|