Culls effective for reducing mute swans in New Jersey

Abstract Mute swans (Cygnus olor) have increased in New Jersey at ~7%/yr since the mid‐1980s with the population peaking at 1,890 mute swans by 2005. Wildlife agencies have implemented management programs to reduce mute swan numbers to population objectives; however, evaluation of these programs is...

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Main Authors: Theodore C. Nichols, Lisa A. Clark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-03-01
Series:Wildlife Society Bulletin
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1507