Constraints, psychological investment, and hunting participation: Development and testing of a model

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 42-61

  Barro, Susan C ^a   Manfredo, Michael J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraints; Investment; Trends in hunting participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002321757     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209609359069     Document Type: Article

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