Estimated costs of maintaining a recovered wolf population in agricultural regions of Minnesota

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 817-822

  Mech, L David ^a,b,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Economics endangered species; Population; Predator control; Recovery; Wildlife damage; Wolf

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0001238178     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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