Adaptive Management of Reintroduction

Reintroduction Biology: Integrating Science and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 256-289

  Mccarthy, Michael A ^a   Armstrong, Doug P ^b   Runge, Michael C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management, passive, active; AM and parameter estimate re evaluation; Bayesian inference; Captive breeding; Implementation step; Novel reintroduction programme; Reintroduction programs, and uncertainty; Reintroduction, adaptive management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886538230     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444355833.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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