Decision Making in Natural Resource Management: A Structured, Adaptive Approach - Softcover

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MICHAEL J. CONROY is a Senior Research Scientist for the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia. He is the author of three previous books and has over thirty years' experience in the application of quantitative solutions to problems in natural resource management. He teaches workshops in modeling, statistical estimation, and structured decision making for students and professionals both in the US and internationally.

JAMES T. PETERSON is the Assistant Unit Leader and Associate Professor for the USGS Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at Oregon State University. He has been developing and teaching courses in applied quantitative decision making to students and professionals working in natural resources and related disciplines for more than a decade.

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Decision Making in Natural Resource Management will prove indispensable to natural resource managers and scientists, as well as students in the fields of natural resource management, ecology, and conservation biology. Taking readers through the process of developing a structured approach to decision making, the authors break down decisions into their component parts, analyzing and reconfiguring them to form working decision models. The book integrates common sense and logical thinking with dynamic management strategies based around hypothetical relationships, testable predictions, and feedback from monitoring programs. Numerous examples are provided for illustration, along with detailed case studies demonstrating the application of structured systems. In addition, the book provides detailed technical appendices and access to a companion website featuring useful data and code.

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Decision Making in Natural Resource Management will prove indispensable to natural resource managers and scientists, as well as students in the fields of natural resource management, ecology, and conservation biology. Taking readers through the process of developing a structured approach to decision making, the authors break down decisions into their component parts, analyzing and reconfiguring them to form working decision models. The book integrates common sense and logical thinking with dynamic management strategies based around hypothetical relationships, testable predictions, and feedback from monitoring programs. Numerous examples are provided for illustration, along with detailed case studies demonstrating the application of structured systems. In addition, the book provides detailed technical appendices and access to a companion website featuring useful data and code.