In the final decades of the nineteenth century, concern was building about the status of
migratory bird populations in North America. In this literature review, we describe how that …

Recent declines in eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) have prompted
increased interest in management and research of this important game species. However …

Many published studies in ecological science are viewed as stand‐alone investigations that
purport to provide new insights into how ecological systems behave based on single …

Integrated population models (IPMs) represent a formal statistical methodology for
combining multiple data sets such as population counts, band recoveries, and fecundity …

In 1995, the US Fish and Wildlife Service implemented an adaptive harvest management
program (AHM) for the sport harvest of midcontinent mallards (Anas platyrhynchos). The …

The process of setting waterfowl hunting regulations is conducted annually in the United
States (US; Blohm 1989) and involves a number of meetings where the status of waterfowl is …

Waterfowl are among the best studied and most extensively monitored species in the world.
Given their global importance for sport and subsistence hunting, viewing and ecosystem …

The management of sustainable harvest of animal populations is of great ecological and
conservation importance. Development of formal quantitative tools to estimate and mitigate …

The contribution of science to the development and implementation of policy is typically
neither direct nor transparent. In 1995, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) made a …

Management of lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) has been hindered by access to reliable data
on population trajectories and vital rates. We conducted a Bayesian analysis of historical …