Clinton T. Moore

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used dynamic programming to derive optimal harvest strategies for mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) in which they balanced the competing objectives of maximizing long-term cumulative harvest and achieving a specified population goal.

TL;DR: The results of a long-term (1970-85) band recovery study of northern bobwhite quail at Tall Timbers Research Station, Leon County, Florida provide information on the survival processes for northern bob white quail that can be used to enhance management of the species.

TL;DR: Increased use of formal decision analysis, including adaptive management, has great potential to inform reintroduction efforts and will require close collaboration among managers, decision analysts, population modelers, and field biologists.

TL;DR: In the case of the Florida non-migratory whooping crane reintroduction effort, the state of Florida engaged in a collaborative process with their management partners, first, to evaluate and characterize important uncertainties about system behavior, and next, to formally evaluate the tradeoffs between objectives using the Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique (SMART) as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: This work describes two cooperative programs between the Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey to implement adaptive management at scales ranging from small, single refuge applications to large, multi-refuge,Multi-region projects.