Managing the commons Texas style: Wildlife management and ground-water associations on private lands

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 698-711

  Wagner, Matthew ^a   Kaiser, Ronald ^b   Kreuter, Urs ^c   Wilkins, Neal ^d  

^a TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b Recreation Parks and Tourism Sciences   (United States)

^c Rangeland Ecology and Management ^*  (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground water management; Landowner associations; Planning; Private lands; Social capital; Water policy

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE LANDS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WATER POLICY;

ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

DEER; GROUNDWATER; LANDOWNER; PRIVATE LAND; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 34447094568     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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