Deer hunting in a residential community: The community's perspective

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 340-348

  Kilpatrick, Howard J ^a   LaBonte, Andrew M ^a  

^a Wildlife Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural carrying capacity; Deer vehicle accidents; Human dimensions; Hunt; Landscape plantings; Lyme disease; Odocoileus virginianus; Survey

Indexed keywords

DEER; HUNTING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0037489567     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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