AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF HUMAN WILDLIFE INTERDEPENDENCE

This paper attempts to integrate wildlife-related ecologic and economi c variables into an econometric model. The model reveals empirical evi dence of the presumed interdependence of human-wildlife and the holist ic nature of humanity's relationship to the ecosystem. Human use of bi ologic resources varies not only with income, education, and populatio n, but also with sustainability of humankind's action relative to the quality and quantity of the supporting ecological base.