Are attitudes toward wolves changing? A case study in Utah

Biological Conservation

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 211-218

  Bruskotter, Jeremy T ^a   Schmidt, Robert H ^a   Teel, Tara L ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Canis lupus; Opinion; Values; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CANID; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; TRAPPING; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 34548268159     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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