Uncertainty, robustness, and the value of information in managing an expanding Arctic goose population

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 273, Issue , 2014, Pages 186-199

  Johnson, Fred A ^a   Jensen, Gitte H ^b   Madsen, Jesper ^b   Williams, Byron K ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Wildlife Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Optimization; Pink footed goose; Robustness; Uncertainty; Value of information

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; INFINITE TIME HORIZON; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY; PINK-FOOTED GOOSE; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; UNCERTAINTY; VALUE OF INFORMATION;

OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HARVESTING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANSER; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; AVES;

EID: 84889607613     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.10.031     Document Type: Article

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