Adaptive optimization and the harvest of biological populations

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-20

  Williams, Byron K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FISH; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODEL; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SAMPLING; WILDLIFE; DYNAMICS; HARVEST; HARVESTING; POPULATION;

ADAPTIVE OPTIMIZATION; HARVESTING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030201543     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-5564(96)00021-1     Document Type: Article

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