Wild ungulate damage: Perceptions of farmers and ranchers in Montana

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 320-329

  Irby, Lynn R ^a,b   Saltiel, John ^a,c   Zidack, Walter E ^a   Johnson, James B ^a,d,e  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas A and M ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Montana Farm and Ranch Survey

Author keywords

Agriculture; Damage; Deer; Elk; Montana; Perceptions; Pronghorns

Indexed keywords

FARMERS' PERCEPTION; PEST DAMAGE; WILD UNGULATE;

USA, MONTANA;

ANTELOPE; ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; ANTILOCAPRIDAE; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0030824013     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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