Krahasoni metodat

	Analiza e Viabilitetit të Popullatës	Model Projektimi Integral
Fusha	Ekologji	Ekologji
Familja	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Viti i origjinës	1981	2000
Krijuesi	Mark Shaffer	Stephen Ellner and Mark Rees
Lloji	extinction risk assessment	size-structured population projection
Burimi themelues	Shaffer, M. L. (1981). Minimum population sizes for species conservation. BioScience, 31(2), 131-134.	Easterling, M. R., Ellner, S. P., & Dixon, P. M. (2000). Size-specific sensitivity: applying a new structured population model. Ecology, 81(3), 694-708.
Emërtime të tjera	PVA, extinction risk, minimum viable population, MVP	IPM, continuous size structure, kernel model, size-structured population
Të lidhura	4	4
Përmbledhja	Population Viability Analysis (PVA), introduced by Shaffer (1981), estimates the probability that a population will persist over a given time period under specified conditions. PVA combines demographic models (Leslie matrices, IPMs) with stochastic simulation to project population trajectories, quantifying extinction risk. This allows conservation planners to assess whether a population will likely persist, evaluate management scenarios, and estimate the minimum viable population (MVP) size for long-term persistence. PVA is a decision-support tool, not a precise predictor.	Integral projection models (IPMs) are a class of structured population models that use continuous traits (size, age, height) to describe population dynamics. Introduced by Easterling and colleagues (2000) and developed extensively by Ellner, Rees, and collaborators, IPMs overcome limitations of age- or stage-structured models by treating individual traits as continuous. They use integration to project populations forward in time, making them particularly suitable for organisms with continuous size distributions or flexible developmental pathways. IPMs enable estimation of population growth rate (λ), sensitivity analysis, and projection under changing environmental conditions.