Sustainable harvest regimes for magpie geese (Anseranas semipalmata) under spatial and temporal heterogeneity

Wildlife Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 459-464

  Brook, Barry W ^a   Whitehead, Peter J ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; HETEROGENEITY; POPULATION MODELING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATERFOWL;

ANSER SP.; ANSERANAS SEMIPALMATA;

EID: 25144443653     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR02104     Document Type: Article

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