Optimal management of a goose flyway: Migrant management at minimum cost

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1446-1452

  Klaassen, Marcel ^a   Bauer, Silke ^a   Madsen, Jesper ^b   Possingham, Hugh ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anser brachyrhynchus; Dynamic programming; Economic costs; Flyway management; Migration; Nature conservation; Pink footed goose

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WATERFOWL;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANSER; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; AVES;

EID: 50649113923     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01532.x     Document Type: Article

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