A structured approach to interagency and cross-jurisdictional monitoring and management of sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) and brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Alaska

• Main Author: Romito, Angela Marie
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: uga 2014
• Subjects: Structured decision making; adaptive management; sea otters; brown bears; decision models; natural resource management; monitoring; National Parks; Laurie; Ursus arctos; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10724/30613; http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/romito_angela_m_201405_phd

Natural resource management over broad, heterogeneous landscapes is complicated by the inherent uncertainty in ecosystem processes and the ability of managers to predict the response of systems to management actions. Management decision-making is further complicated when multiple user-groups and man...