Optimal control of Atlantic population Canada geese
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Optimal Control of Atlantic Population Canada Geese
The hunting of geese and other waterfowl is an activity that circulates millions of dollars each year in North America. The Atlantic population of Canada Geese (Branta Canadensis) has historically been a major target for hunters throughout the eastern parts of the United States and Canada, although numbers declined significantly in the 1990s. Resident (nonmigratory) populations of geese and mig...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecological Modelling
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0304-3800
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.07.019