Stakeholder perceptions of risk associated with human-black bear conflicts in New York's Adirondack Park campgrounds: Implications for theory and practice

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-43

  Gore, Meredith L ^a   Knuth, Barbara A ^a,b,c   Curtis, Paul D ^a   Shanahan, James E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Natural Resources ^*  (United States)

^c American Fisheries Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bears; Campers; Campgrounds; Caretakers; Human bear conflict; New York; Risk perception; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KNOWLEDGE; RISK PERCEPTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ADIRONDACK PARK; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 33646597261     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[36:SPORAW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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