Making use of harvest information to examine alternative management scenarios: A body weight-structured model for wild boar

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 833-841

  Gamelon, Marlène ^a,b,c,f   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a,f   Servanty, Sabrina ^d,e   Gimenez, Olivier ^c   Toïgo, Carole ^b   Baubet, Eric ^b   Klein, François ^b   Lebreton, Jean Dominique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Body weight structured model; Exploited populations; Hunting; Optimal harvesting; Population dynamics; Sus scrofa scrofa; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BODY MASS; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; HUNTING; PIG; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SUSTAINABILITY; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84864021125     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02160.x     Document Type: Article

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