Many wildlife populations cause damage in agricultural systems but are also valued resources, either for their recreational value or for their existence and contribution to biological diversity. As a result, the nature of a given species—whether it is considered a “pest” or a “resource”—is often determined by the economic and regulatory environment in which the species exists. In this paper we develop a bioeconomic model of one such environment. We apply the model to the case of feral pigs in California rangeland and consider the potential for recreational hunting as a policy for population control.
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Paper provided by Iowa State University, Department of Economics in its series Staff General Research Papers with number
5173.
Length: Date of creation: 01 Mar 2002 Date of revision: Publication status: Published in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, March 2000, Vol. 39, No. 2. Handle: RePEc:isu:genres:5173
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