Portfolio selection theory and wildlife management

With a strong commercial incentive driving the increase in game ranching in Southern Africa the need has come for more advanced management tools. In this paper the potential of Portfolio Selection Theory to determine the optimal mix of species on game ranches is explored. Land, or the food it produc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: JW Hearne, T Santika, P Goodman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA) 2008-12-01
Series:ORiON
Online Access:http://orion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/62