Wildlife as valuable natural resources vs. intolerable pests: A suburban wildlife management model

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 179-190

  Destefano, Stephen ^a   Deblinger, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver; Model; Pest; Resource

Indexed keywords

CASTOR CANADENSIS;

EID: 29144468096     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-005-4379-5     Document Type: Article

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