Monitoring is not enough: on the need for a model-based approach to migratory bird management
Edited by: Rick Bonney, David N. Pashley, Robert Cooper, and Larry Niles
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Abstract
Informed management requires information about system state and about effects of potential management actions on system state. Population monitoring can provide the needed information about system state, as well as information that can be used to investigate effects of management actions. Three methods for investigating effects of management on bird populations are (1) retrospective analysis, (2) formal experimentation and constrained-design studies, and (3) adaptive management. Retrospective analyses provide weak inferences, regardless of the quality of the monitoring data. The active use of monitoring data in experimental or constrained-design studies or in adaptive management is recommended. Under both approaches, learning occurs via the comparison of estimates from the monitoring program with predictions from competing management models.
Suggested Citation
Nichols, J., 2000, Monitoring is not enough: on the need for a model-based approach to migratory bird management, chap. of Strategies for Bird Conservation: The Partners in Flight Planning Process. Proceedings of the 3rd Partners in Flight Workshop, Cape May, New Jersey, October 1-5, 1995, p. 121-123.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Monitoring is not enough: on the need for a model-based approach to migratory bird management |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station |
| Publisher location | Ogden, Utah |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 281 |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Other Government Series |
| Larger Work Title | Strategies for Bird Conservation: The Partners in Flight Planning Process. Proceedings of the 3rd Partners in Flight Workshop, Cape May, New Jersey, October 1-5, 1995 |
| First page | 121 |
| Last page | 123 |