Standards for lethal response to problem urban wildlife

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 29-48

  Wittmann, Karin ^a   Vaske, Jerry J ^a   Manfredo, Michael J ^a   Zinn, Harry C ^a,b  

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

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver; Coyote; Mountain lion; Norms; Standards; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005919821     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209809359137     Document Type: Article

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