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Michel Iskin da Silveira Costa1
1Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica, Av. Getúlio Vargas 333, Quitandinha, Petrópolis-RJ 25651-070, Brazil. michel@lncc.br
Abstract:
Stage dependent predation may give rise to the hydra effect--the increase of predator density at equilibrium as its mortality rate is raised. Management strategies that adjust predator harvest rates or quotas based on responses of populations to past changes in capture rates may eventually lead to a catastrophic collapse of predator species. A proposed threshold management policy avoids the hydra effect and its subsequent danger of predator extinction. Suggestions to extend the application of threshold policies in areas such as intermediate disturbance hypothesis, density-trait mediated interactions and non-optimal anti-predatory behavior are put forward.
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