Out of administrative control: Absentee owners, resident elk and the shifting nature of wildlife management in southwestern Montana

Geoforum

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 816-830

  Haggerty, Julia Hobson ^a   Travis, William R ^b  

^a School of Social Science   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Animal geography; Elk (Cervus elaphus); Hunting; Land tenure; Private Property; Ranching; Wildlife management; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; HUNTING; LAND TENURE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33745964547     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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