A matter of tradeoffs: Reintroduction as a multiple objective decision

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1145-1156

  Converse, Sarah J ^a   Moore, Clinton T ^b   Folk, Martin J ^c   Runge, Michael C ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; expert elicitation; Florida; Grus americana; model weights; population modeling; structured decision making; whooping cranes

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; POPULATION MODELING; REINTRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF; WADER;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880847413     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.472     Document Type: Article

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