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3 - Strategies

Managing Harvests and Habitats for Valued Species

from Part I - Maintaining Populations of Featured Species: A Utilitarian Approach to Conservation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2023

Bertie J. Weddell
Affiliation:
Washington State University
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Utilitarian managers regulate harvests and manipulate habitats for wild species of interest. Wild products can be legally harvested for recreation, commerce, or subsistence under certain circumstances. Illegal traffic in wild plants, animals, or their products for commerce threatens many species. In populations that are regulated by density-dependent processes near carrying capacity, sustained yield can be maximized if harvests take place when populations are near half the environment’s carrying capacity. Harvests may be sustainable if mortality from the harvest is compensatory. Habitats can be modified by changing the arrangement and structure of habitat components to provide cover, by conserving soil, and by modifying succession, for instance, with the use of fire. The amount of edge or interspersion between different habitats is an important component of habitat quality.

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Conservation in the Context of a Changing World
Concepts, Strategies, and Evidence
, pp. 64 - 87
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Strategies
  • Bertie J. Weddell, Washington State University
  • Book: Conservation in the Context of a Changing World
  • Online publication: 28 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108985987.006
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  • Strategies
  • Bertie J. Weddell, Washington State University
  • Book: Conservation in the Context of a Changing World
  • Online publication: 28 September 2023
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  • Strategies
  • Bertie J. Weddell, Washington State University
  • Book: Conservation in the Context of a Changing World
  • Online publication: 28 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108985987.006
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