Data files: A general optimal adaptive framework for managing a threatened species

Expert-derived dataset to support the manuscript "A general optimal adaptive framework for managing a threatened species".The excel files contain the aggregated expert inputs to the adaptive management model described in the manuscript. Two elicitation excel files are included; AM_elicitation-combined.xlsx is the original aggregated file; the other "AM_elicitation-combined_forMS.xlsx" contains an abbreviated version that was used in the final modelling. The Word document provides the instructions given to the participants during the elicitation process.The other excel file (Cost summary.xlsx) contains the raw data used to approximate the relative costs of aerial and ground baiting.