directly as the basis for land management decisions. Translation is accomplished 

 through a set of independent but interrelated procedures that as a group have been 

 labeled WILDMIS (Figure 1). Independent means that any one of the system 

 components can be used without using any of the others. Information from the 

 general case (accumulated knowledge, observations and experience that pertain to 

 one animal species) is brought to bear on the specific case, i.e., a tract of land where 

 predictions are needed relative to some contemplated change. 



Outputs from the OBJSET and PATREC components can be generated manually. 

 RANKER and MANALT require a computer and PATREC can be used through a 

 computer. A detailed description of the components of WILDMIS can be found in 

 Russell, et al.' 



WILDMIS System 

 (Analyses are usually performed for individual species) 



Component 



RANKER 



OBJSET 



PATREC 



MANALT 



Output 

 List of animal species ranked 

 by priority 



What will be produced, how many, 

 where, by when, $ cost 

 Estimate of pre- to post-treatment 

 change in population size 

 Estimates of population response 

 and $ costs of alternative wildlife 

 management actions 



Figure 1. WILDMIS System - components. 

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