Introduction: Can golf courses play a role in bird conservation?

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 407-410

  Cristol, Daniel A ^a   Rodewald, Amanda D ^b  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird conservation; Golf courses; Golf industry; Nongame wildlife

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 27144552757     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[407:ICGCPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Editorial

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