Beliefs and attitudes toward lethal management of deer in Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1166-1176

  Fulton, David C ^a   Skerl, Kevin ^b,d   Shank, Erin M ^c   Lime, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^d Cuyahoga Valley National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Deer; Lethal control; National park service; Odocoileus virginianus

Indexed keywords

DEER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 15544371156     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[1166:BAATLM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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