Sentence examples for minimum viability population from inspiring English sources

14. Gilpin and Soulé (1986) perceptively trace the origin of the concept of the minimum viability population to the 1976 National Forest Management Act.

Those numbers of transplants are to be considered as strict minima under which population viability is likely to fail - and should not be considered as absolute targets.

We estimated highly different minimum viable population sizes.

m is the minimum viable population.

Many of its colonies are currently approaching the minimum population size necessary to guarantee long-term viability against inbreeding.

The minimum population estimate of the stock.

Ms. Spielberg was 23 weeks pregnant in September 1998 when Valerie was born, weighing just one pound, one ounce -- generally considered the minimum for viability.

minimum population patch-size.

A minimum cell viability of 66% following the overnight rest was required for assay by ELISpot and ICS.

Only areas which were big enough to hold a minimum population of 50 individuals [ 57, 58] were included in the analysis since smaller populations of large cats, such as the Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi), experienced reduced viability and fecundity caused by inbreeding [ 59].

based on the minimum population sample size (32 individuals).