Value of information in natural resource management: Technical developments and application to pink-footed geese

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 466-474

  Williams, Byron K ^a   Johnson, Fred A ^b  

^a Wildlife Society   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Conservation; Decision making; Natural resource management; Pink footed geese; Uncertainty; Value of information

Indexed keywords

ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS;

EID: 84921433077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1363     Document Type: Article

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