The cumulative effects of management on the population dynamics of the Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus in the Great Lakes

• Published in: Ibis (London, England) Vol. 156; no. 1; pp. 141 - 152
• Main Authors: Guillaumet, Alban, Dorr, Brian S., Wang, Guiming, Doyle, Terry J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2014; Blackwell
• Subjects: Adaptive management; Animal and plant ecology; Animal populations; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Autoecology; Aves; Biological and medical sciences; Birds; Breeding seasons; Breeding success; Demecology; density-dependence; dispersal; Fresh water ecosystems; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Growth rate; Habitats; human-wildlife conflict; information-theoretic approach; Lakes; Marine; metapopulation; Metapopulations; Phalacrocorax auritus; population control; Population density; Population growth; population regulation; Synecology; Vertebrata; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; Wildlife; Wildlife management; USA; North America, Great Lakes; USA, Southeast; Freshwater environment; Marine environment; Vertebrata; Lakes; Population dynamics; Aves; Phalacrocorax auritus

Wildlife species have been subject to control efforts throughout human history due to real or alleged human–wildlife conflicts. The Double‐crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus in the interior of North America is no exception, with recent population growth leading to increased conflicts and conseq...