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Managing moose harvests by the seat of your pants.
Boyce, Mark S; Baxter, Peter W J; Possingham, Hugh P.
Afiliação
  • Boyce MS; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2E9, Canada. boyce@ualberta.ca
Theor Popul Biol ; 82(4): 340-7, 2012 Dec.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23316496
ABSTRACT
Moose populations are managed for sustainable yield balanced against costs caused by damage to forestry or agriculture and collisions with vehicles. Optimal harvests can be calculated based on a structured population model driven by data on abundance and the composition of bulls, cows, and calves obtained by aerial-survey monitoring during winter. Quotas are established by the respective government agency and licenses are issued to hunters to harvest an animal of specified age or sex during the following autumn. Because the cost of aerial monitoring is high, we use a Management Strategy Evaluation to evaluate the costs and benefits of periodic aerial surveys in the context of moose management. Our on-the-fly "seat of your pants" alternative to independent monitoring is management based solely on the kill of moose by hunters, which is usually sufficient to alert the manager to declines in moose abundance that warrant adjustments to harvest strategies. Harvests are relatively cheap to monitor; therefore, data can be obtained each year facilitating annual adjustments to quotas. Other sources of "cheap" monitoring data such as records of the number of moose seen by hunters while hunting also might be obtained, and may provide further useful insight into population abundance, structure and health. Because conservation dollars are usually limited, the high cost of aerial surveys is difficult to justify when alternative methods exist.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Cervos / Conservação dos Recursos Naturais Tipo de estudo: Qualitative_research Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Cervos / Conservação dos Recursos Naturais Tipo de estudo: Qualitative_research Limite: Animals Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article