A pragmatic approach to modeling for wildlife management

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-270

  Starfield, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Ecosystems; Management; Modeling; Populations; Problem solving; Simulation; Strategy

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; MODELLING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030619059     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802581     Document Type: Article

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