Attitudes of rural landowners toward wolves in northwestern Minnesota

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 517-527

  Chavez, Andreas S ^a,b   Gese, Eric M ^a,c   Krannich, Richard S ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Canis lupus; Livestock; Northwest Mnnesota; Perceived risk; Wolves

Indexed keywords

CANID; FARMERS ATTITUDE; LIVESTOCK; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BOS TAURUS; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 27144457485     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[517:AORLTW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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