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| Author: | Engeman, R. M. |
| Title: | An economic analysis of predator removal approaches for protecting marine turtle nests at Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge |
| Journal: | Ecological Economics
2002 : SEP, VOL. 42:3, p. 469-478 |
| Index terms: | COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS ECOLOGY ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge (HSNWR) on Florida's east coast provides undisturbed nesting habitat for three species of threatened or endangered marine turtles. Predation by raccoons and armadillos poses the greatest risk to turtle nests, and predator control has been identified as the most important management tool for enhancing nesting productivity. Recently, estimates of the number of nests that would have been lost in the 2000 nesting and incubation season were made using the results from four control approaches. These approaches were, in order of descending complexity: (1) refuge control enhanced by a one person-month contract with federal control specialists; (2) refuge control enhanced by a one person-month contract with federal control specialists, without predator monitoring. |
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