Attitudes of private- and public-land managers in Wyoming, USA, toward beaver

Environmental Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-101

  McKinstry, Mark C ^a   Anderson, Stanley H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver; Beaver management; Castor canadensis; Landowners; Mail surveys; Wildlife damage; Wildlife values

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

PROACTIVE BEAVER MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; MAMMAL; POPULATION GROWTH; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031732175     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900170     Document Type: Article

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