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Managing Urban Deer
Author(s) -
Rondeau Daniel,
Conrad Jon M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8276.00118
Subject(s) - wildlife , opposition (politics) , wildlife management , population , environmental planning , population control , range (aeronautics) , geography , control (management) , environmental resource management , ecology , computer science , biology , environmental science , political science , engineering , sociology , demography , research methodology , aerospace engineering , politics , family planning , law , artificial intelligence
Conflicts are emerging between humans and wildlife populations adaptable to the high density of humans found in urban and suburban areas. In response to these threats, animal control programs are typically designed with the objective of establishing and maintaining a stable population. This article challenges this view by studying the management of urban deer in Irondequoit, NY. Pulsing controls can be more efficient than steady‐state regimes under a wide range of conditions in both deterministic and stochastic environments, but potential gains can be dissipated by management constraints. The effect of citizen opposition to lethal control methods is also investigated.