Uncertainty and the management of mallard harvests

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 202-216

  Johnson, Fred A ^a   Moore, Clinton T ^a   Kendall, William L ^a   Dubovsky, James A ^a   Caithamer, David F ^a   Kelley Jr , James R ^a   Williams, Byron K ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive management; Anas platgrhynchos; decisions; harvest; hunting; objectives; optimization; population dynamics; recruitment; regulations; stochastic control; survival; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

HARVEST STRATEGY; HUNTING; MALLARD; MANAGEMENT;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0030617615     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802429     Document Type: Article

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