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Author:   National Research Council ,  Commission on Life Sciences ,  Division on Earth and Life Studies ,  Committee on Management of Wolf and Bear Populations in Alaska
Publisher:   National Academies Press
Imprint:   National Academies Press
ISBN:  

9780309064057

ISBN 10:   0309064058
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   27 November 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Executive summary: predator control and management - past and present; Alaska's people, biomes, and wildlife species of concern; predator-prey interactions; wolf and bear management - experiments and evaluations; social and economic implications of predator control; conclusions and recommendations. Introduction: background; the committee and its mandate; how the committee carried out its task; organization of the report. Predator control and management - past and present: history of predator control in Alaska; decision-making by the alaska Department of Fish and Game. Alaska's people, biomes, and wildlife species of concern: the people of Alaska; biomes - climate, vegetation, soils, permafrost; ecology of large mammals in northern ecosystems. Predator-prey interactions: theory of predator-prey interactions; integrating theory and data. Wolf and bear management - experiments and evaluations: air-assisted wolf control; ground-based wolf control; nonlethal methods to reduce wolf and bear predators on ungulates; evaluation of predators control experiments; adaptive management requires an experimental approach; making a decision to initiate a predator control action. social and economic implications of predator control: North American attitudes to wolves, bears, and predator control: North American attitudes to wolves, bears, and predator management; alaskan attitudes toward wildlife; conceptual framework for economic assessment; economic impacts of predator control on non-native residents and nonresidents; economic impacts of predator control on native and subsistence peoples; social and economic impacts in relation to decision-making on wolf control. Decision-making: the general decision-making framework; constraints on wildlife management decision-making in Alaska; incorporating indigenous knowledge into decision-making; multi-jurisdictional management of wolves, bears, and their major prey. Conclusions and recommendations: biological conclusions and recommendations; socioeconomic conclusions and recommendations. Appendices: letter from governor Tony Knowles requesting study; biographical information on committee members; wolves and caribou in GMU20.

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