Attitudes of landowners toward American black bears compared between areas of high and low bear populations

Ursus

Volumn 12, Issue , 2000, Pages 153-160

  Bowman, Jacob L ^a   Leopold, Bruce D ^b   Vilella, Francisco J ^b   Gill, Duane A ^b   Jacobson, Harry A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Arkansas; Damage; Landowner attitudes; Mississippi; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248198093     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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