Managing wildlife populations with uncertainty: Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1675-1682

  Smith, G C ^a   Parrott, D ^a   Robertson, P A ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Model structure; Monte Carlo model; Population; Population growth; Population index; Population model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CULLING; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FISHERY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NATIONAL STRATEGY; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 54349113151     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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