Women hunters in alberta, Canada: Girl power or guys in disguise?

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-180

  McFarlane, Bonita L ^a   Watson, David O ^a   Boxall, Peter C ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Hunting; Hunting License System; Wildlife Recreation; Women Hunters

Indexed keywords

EID: 40449128669     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871200304309     Document Type: Article

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