Optimal control of Atlantic population Canada geese

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-36

  Hauser, C E ^a   Runge, M C ^b   Cooch, E G ^c   Johnson, F A ^d   Harvey IV, W F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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

^e MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Branta canadensis; Canada geese; Control; Harvest; Stochastic dynamic programming; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE STRUCTURE; BRANTA CANADENSIS; BREEDING POPULATION; CANADA GEESE; DENSITY-DEPENDENCE; HARVEST CAPACITY; OPTIMAL HARVEST STRATEGY;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGE STRUCTURE; BREEDING POPULATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HARVESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANSER SP.; BRANTA CANADENSIS;

EID: 33846149999     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.07.019     Document Type: Article

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