Research@Lincoln
    • Login
     
    View Item 
    •   Research@Lincoln Home
    • Faculty of Environment, Society and Design
    • Department of Environmental Management
    • View Item
    •   Research@Lincoln Home
    • Faculty of Environment, Society and Design
    • Department of Environmental Management
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    What's your game? Heterogeneity amongst New Zealand hunters

    Kerr, Geoffrey N.; Abell, Walter L.
    Abstract
    The introduction of the New Zealand Game Animal Council in 2014 heralds a new era for New Zealand big game management. Now that management of game animals to enhance benefits from susutained use is possible, it is important to understand who values game resources and the attributies than enhance benefits from their use. Choice experiements uisng a pivot design around actual travel distance identified salience of hunt-related attributes for recreational hunters of Himalayan tahr (Jemlahicus Hemitragus) and Sika deer (Cervus Nippon). The choice experiments successfully used travel distance as the numeraire of value to overcome resistance to the commodification of hunting. Results show the high value of recretional hunting, and identifiy disparate preferences both within and between species. Understanding heterogeneity offers important insights into managing hunting experiences to enhance their value for recreational hunters.... [Show full abstract]
    Keywords
    choice experiment; sika deer; Himalayan tahr; recreation; hunting; heterogeneity; management; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
    Type
    Conference Contribution - published (Conference Abstract)
    Collections
    • Department of Informatics and Enabling Technologies [120]
    • Department of Environmental Management [1167]
    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    NZARES 2014 Kerr & Abell.pdf
    NZARES 2014 Sika and tahr v01.pdf
    Share this

    on Twitter on Facebook on LinkedIn on Reddit on Tumblr by Email

    Metadata
     Expand record
    Copyright by author(s). Readers may make copies of this document for non-commercial purposes only, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies.
    This service is maintained by Learning, Teaching and Library
    • Open Access Policy
    • Copyright and Reuse
    • Deposit Guidelines and FAQ
    • Contact Us
     

     

    Browse

    All of Research@LincolnCommunities & CollectionsTitlesAuthorsKeywordsBy Issue DateThis CollectionTitlesAuthorsKeywordsBy Issue Date

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics
    This service is maintained by Learning, Teaching and Library
    • Open Access Policy
    • Copyright and Reuse
    • Deposit Guidelines and FAQ
    • Contact Us