Responsiveness of agencies and organizations to wildlife damage: Policy process implications

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 418-423

  Hewitt, David G ^a,b,c,d   Messmer, Terry A ^a,e,f,g  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^d Wildlife Society   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^f NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g North Dakota State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Focus group; Governmental agency; Nongovernmental organization; Policy; Stakeholder; Survey; Wildlife damage management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030760406     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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