Assessing allowable take of migratory birds

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 556-565

  Runge, Michael C ^a   Sauer, John R ^a   Avery, Michael L ^b   Blackwell, Bradley F ^b   Koneff, Mark D ^c  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Allowable take; Black vulture; Coragyps atratus; Depredation; Harvest theory; Migratory birds; Potential biological removal; Prescribed take level; Yield curve

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AVES; CORAGYPS; CORAGYPS ATRATUS;

EID: 77749240476     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-090     Document Type: Article

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