Opportunity costs related to feral horses: A Wyoming case study

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 104-112

  Bastian, Chris T ^a   Van Tassell, Larry W ^a   Cotton, Ann C ^a   Smith, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological and economic tradeoffs; Economic efficiency; Resource allocation; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RANGELAND; UNGULATE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0033047567     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003502     Document Type: Article

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