Assessing the impact of culling on population size in the presence of uncertain density dependence: Lessons from a great cormorant population

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1683-1688

  Green, Rhys E ^a,b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culling; Density dependence; Population ecology; Simulation time series

Indexed keywords

CULLING; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION REGULATION; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD; TIME SERIES;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 54349122091     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01554.x     Document Type: Article

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