Lease and fee hunting on private lands in the U.S.: A review of the economic and legal issues

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Mozumder, Pallab ^a   Starbuck, C Meghan ^b   Berrens, Robert P ^c   Alexander, Susan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lease hunting; Private lands

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248186711     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871200601107817     Document Type: Review

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