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Population management can be broadly defined by three goals: conservation, harvest, and control. Conservation management focuses on increasing population sizes or reducing the probability of extinction for rare species (see, e.g., Crouse et al. 1987; Slooten & Lad 1991; Crowder et al. 1994; Heppell et al. 1994). Management for the harvesting of fish and wildlife seeks to maintain population size or optimize the yield from some harvest population (see, e.g., Mendoza & Setyarso 1986; Cattan & Glade 1989; Eberhardt 1990; Basson & Beddington 1991). Pest and disease control attempts to reduce population size and prevent outbreaks of harmful or nuisance organisms (see, e.g., Mount & Haile 1987). Population models can provide insight into the causes of population dynamics as well as qualitative predictions of future trends.
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Dixon, P., Friday, N., Ang, P., Heppell, S., Kshatriya, M. (1997). Sensitivity Analysis of Structured-Population Models for Management and Conservation. In: Tuljapurkar, S., Caswell, H. (eds) Structured-Population Models in Marine, Terrestrial, and Freshwater Systems. Population and Community Biology Series, vol 18. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5973-3_16
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