Landowners' perceptions of crop damage and management practices related to black bears in East-Central Minnesota

Ursus

Volumn 11, Issue , 1999, Pages 219-224

  Garshelis, David L ^a   Sikes, Robert S ^b   Andersen, David E ^b   Birney, Elmer C ^b  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bear; Corn; Crop damage; Farmer perceptions; Hunting; Management; Monetary loss; Oats; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645968376     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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