Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America Guy Baldassarre. 2014. Wildlife Management Institute, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. xxvii + 1027 pages. ISBN: 9781421407517. $69.95 (Hardcover).

2015 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-85
Author(s):  
Kevin M. Ringelman
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. eaat8281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan R. Mawdsley ◽  
John F. Organ ◽  
Daniel J. Decker ◽  
Ann B. Forstchen ◽  
Ronald J. Regan ◽  
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Artelleet al. (2018) conclude that “hallmarks of science” are largely missing from North American wildlife management based on a desk review of selected hunting management plans and related documents found through Internet searches and email requests to state and provincial wildlife agencies. We highlight three fundamental problems that compromise the validity of the conclusions posited: missing information to support selection of “hallmarks of science,” confusion about the roles and nature of science and management, and failure to engage effectively with the scientists and managers actively managing wildlife populations in North America.


2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-254
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. St. James ◽  
Michael L. Schummer ◽  
Richard M. Kaminski ◽  
Edward J. Penny ◽  
L. Wesley Burger

Abstract Waterfowl hunting is important culturally and economically in North America. Few studies have evaluated the relationship between weekly hunting frequency and rate of ducks harvested. We evaluated the effect of hunting 2 or 4 d/wk on rate of ducks harvested on three Mississippi Wildlife Management Areas, USA, during three waterfowl hunting seasons, December–January 2008–2011. Harvest of all ducks combined, mallard Anas platyrhynchos, northern shoveler Anas clypeata, or green-winged teal Anas crecca per hunter day did not differ between areas hunted 2 or 4 d/wk, but increased with hours spent afield. We suggest Wildlife Management Areas may be hunted 4 d/wk without reducing duck harvest per hunter day. We recommend continued evaluations of weekly hunting frequency on rate of ducks harvested to sustain science-guided management of waterfowl hunting on Mississippi public lands and elsewhere.


1992 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles E. Kay ◽  
Mark S. Boyce

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