Attitudes toward and relative value of alaskan brown and black bears to resident voters, resident hunters, and nonresident hunters

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Volumn 10, Issue , 1998, Pages 357-376

  Miller, Suzanne M ^a   Miller, Sterling D ^a   McCollum, Daniel W ^b  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Attitudes; Bear baiting; Black bear; Brown bear; Contingent value; Economic value; Economics; Hunting; Nonresident hunters; Opinions; Questionnaire; Resident hunters; Social benefit; Survey; Ursus americanus; Ursus arctos; Wildlife viewing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000152266     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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