Knowledge and opinions of stakeholders of black bear management in Virginia

Ursus

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-64

  Lafon, Nelson W ^a,b   McMullin, Steve L ^a   Steffen, David E ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bear; Knowledge; Management; Opinions; Professionals; Stakeholders; Survey; Ursus americanus; Virginia

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142696584     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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