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Showing 1 to 20 of 195 for “"Wildlife management"”.
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Veld condition indexing : relevance to wildlife management?
… and monitoring of veld condition is an important management tool. Management methods need to be centred on the objectives of the livestock farm or game reserve being managed. Veld condition assessments and their use in managing stocking rates are dependent on the range succession model, which sets …
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A simulation game for wildlife management planning
… simulation model of the planning process of the wildlife management agency of an eastern sta te was constructed. The model is constructed in the form of a management game for inservice training and classroom use. The player of the game formulates a five-year operating plan for the mountainous …
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A PROTOTYPE POPULATION DYNAMICS MODEL FOR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.
… model designed to enhance decision making in wildlife management. Initially, the basis of scientific and philosophical design and implementation of enhanced computer modeling are discussed. This discussion forms the foundation for the development of the actual model. The model is a general …
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Dynamic classification: conceptual development and applications in wildlife management
Information is a prerequisite for effective management of wildlife habitat. In response to the need for management-oriented information regarding the suitability of an area as wildlife habitat, a new methodology was developed and demonstrated. This methodology involved the conceptual development of …
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Geographic Information System Topographic Factor Maps for Wildlife Management
… delineating pixels equivalent to areas where wildlife were known to occur.
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Hydrologic modeling as a decision-making tool in wildlife management
Wildlife managers, through the use and management of their areas, influence water quality and quantity on and off site. Natural resource managers are coming under increasing pressure to preserve ecosystems and natural processes while producing a "optimum" balance of recreation, wildlife habitat, …
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Using linear programming to integrate timber management and wildlife management planning
… about trade-offs between timber production and wildlife practices for Maryland's Pocomoke State Forest. The information was to be used as an aid by the Forest managers to find the combination of desired products which would most closely meet the overall goal for the Forest. The objective for the …
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Wildlife management on Virginia Conservation Reserve Program land: the farmer's view
A mail-survey questionnaire concerning wildlife management on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land was sent to one-half (n = 808) the enrollees in Virginia selected at random. Results from a 76% return indicated that 72% wanted to improve the wildlife habitat on their retired land. These …
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Adoption-diffusion of wildlife management innovations by nonindustrial private forestland owners
An experiential forest and wildlife management training program, based on the adoption-diffusion model, was conducted for 49 nonindustrial private forestland (NIPF) owners. Participant-owners were surveyed 6 months after their training to monitor adoption and diffusion activity. Owners who were …
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Listening to nature: Acoustic analysis for monitoring wildlife management and protected areas
… indices for monitoring PAs and conservation management. In chapters 2 and 3, instead of using acoustic indices as biodiversity indicators, I use them as filters that allow the identification of the acoustic region that differs most between sites. I define the acoustic regions as units of …
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Inuit Harvesting Strategies in the Canadian Arctic and Implications for Wildlife Management
… where the traditional system of harvesting/management has proven successful and superior to state imposed wildlife management. The thesis concludes that the assumption is erroneous: there exists a socially-constructed system of self-regulation. The implications for wildlife management are …
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The vascular flora of Prentice Cooper State Forest and Wildlife Management Area, Tennessee
… of Tennessee's Prentice Cooper State Forest and Wildlife Management Area were gathered from 112 collection trips made during the growing seasons of 1998 and 1999. Prentice Cooper has an interesting and a rich flora. I collected 2,313 specimens and examined 110 herbarium specimens. The flora is …
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Vertebrate Survey of Rocky Fork Wildlife Management Area, Unicoi and Greene Counties, Tennessee.
<p>The most prominent cause of habitat fragmentation is intensification of human land use. Negative effects of large-scale forest fragmentation have been documented in most vertebrate classes. The inherent problem in <em>directly</em> documenting effects lies in our ignorance of historical …
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Assessing and evaluating the Forest Stewardship Program: promoting and conducting sound wildlife management
… had the greatest need for help in addressing wildlife issues. Most plan preparers had sought help with basic wildlife knowledge and specific, technical management recommendations, but not with field identification, even though site inspections were important in many states. Plan preparers …
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A transdisciplinary study on developing knowledge based software tools for wildlife management in Namibia
Two software tools decision making in wildlife management were developed as part of the Transboundary Mammal Project, a joint initiative between the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia (MET) and the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF). This project aimed to improve the management of selected …
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How does the public process impact the selection of a nuisance wildlife management plan?
Since the 1950s the human relationship with wildlife in the United States shifted dramatically; from primarily consumptive to primarily recreational. Over the same time period a trend of humans moving into suburban communities further from the urban core developed. These people inadvertently …
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Mammal conservation status and prospects for community-based wildlife management in coastal Guinea-Bissau, West Africa
… der verschiedenen Arten ausgerichtetes Wildtiermanagement dar. Ziel dieser Studie war es, den Schutzstatus großer und mittlerer Säugetiere im Küstengebiet von Guinea-Bissau zu ermitteln, und die Aussichten für die Entwicklung von gemeinschaftlich getragenen Wildtiermanagementmodellen zu …
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A political ecology of community-based forest and wildlife management in Tanzania: politics, power and governance
… place within Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Tanzania. I draw on a political ecology approach in an investigation of the politics of struggles over natural resources, their management and the benefits that can be derived from this. I bring together theories of policy …
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