Campground manager and user perceptions of risk associated with negative human-black bear interactions

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-43

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

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adirondack Park; Black bears; Campgrounds; Risk communication; Risk perception; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 34248160670     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871200601107882     Document Type: Article

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