Changing attitudes toward California's cougars

Society and Animals

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-116

  Wolch, Jennifer R ^a   Gullo, Andrea ^b   Lassiter, Unna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mountains Recr and Conserv Auth   (United States)

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EID: 0037683621     PISSN: 10631119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853097X00015     Document Type: Article

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