Managing excessive predation in a predator-endangered prey setting

Ecological Economics

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-76

  Melstrom, Richard T ^a   Horan, Richard D ^b  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioeconomics; Endangered species; Exclosures; Merlins; Piping Plovers; Predator control; Predator removal; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; HARVESTING; INCENTIVE; OPTIMIZATION; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WADER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AVES; CHARADRIUS MELODUS; FALCONIDAE;

EID: 84875845457     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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