Assessing compensatory versus additive harvest mortality: An example using greater sage-grouse

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 326-332

  Sedinger, James S ^a   White, Gary C ^b   Espinosa, Shawn ^c   Partee, Ed T ^d   Braun, Clait E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c Nevada Department of Wildlife   (United States)

^d Nevada Department of Wildlife   (United States)

^e Grouse Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrocercus urophasianus; Compensatory harvest; Exploitation; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Survival

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POULTRY; SURVIVAL;

COLORADO; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS;

EID: 76349083162     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-071     Document Type: Article

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