Management and harvesting constraints influence the attainment of wildlife population targets

An increasing number of wildlife populations are the target of intensive management schemes aimed at preventing their extinction or over-abundance, both of which are detrimental to human well-being [1]. These schemes typically involve a manager, whose role is to regulate the activity of those having a direct impact on the wildlife population through legal – and sometimes illegal – harvesting activities, i.e. harvesters. Both manager and harvesters face constraints on their ability to regulate and harvest, respectively, yet how these constraints interact to affect management effectiveness is very rarely considered [2]. Using a novel generalised management strategy evaluation framework [3], w…