A spatially explicit model, derived from demographic variables, to predict attitudes toward black bear restoration

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-232

  Bowman, Jacob L ^a,b   Leopold, Bruce D ^a   Vilella, Francisco J ^a   Gill, Duane A ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Human attitudes; Mississippi; Restoration; Spatially explicit model; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BEAR; CARNIVORE; DEMOGRAPHY; REINTRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 1942422573     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0223:ASEMDF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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