| | Accession Number | 5001888 |
| | Title | Development of models of mallard population dynamics for adaptive harvest |
| | management |
| | Project Description | This work involves application of an adaptive approach to management of migratory bird |
| | populations. Adaptive management is an approach to solving the so-called dual control problem of |
| | simultaneously managing a population (a goal for the present) and learning about the functional |
| | relationships between management actions and population status (in order to achieve future |
| | goals). This approach is currently being applied to the annual establishment of mallard hunting |
| | regulations in the United States. The approach also holds promise for use with habitat |
| | management for both hunted and nonhunted species. Work on this topic ranges from the |
| | development of competing management models, to research on methods for updating associated |
| | model probabilities based on a comparison of model predictions with survey results, to work on |
| | solutions to problems in optimal stochastic control. |
| | Keywords | adaptive management, harvest management, mallards, optimal stochastic control, waterfowl, |
| | Principal | William L Kendall, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: William_Kendall@usgs.gov; James |
| | Investigators | E Hines, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: Jim_Hines@usgs.gov; James D Nichols, |
| | USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: Jim_Nichols@usgs.gov; |
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