Safety education in bear country: Are people getting the message?

Ursus

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-52

  Dunn, William C ^a,d   Elwell, James H ^b   Tunberg, Gail ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH   (United States)

^b DISC Information Services Inc   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bears; Education; Garbage; Nuisance; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 45149091606     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2008)19[43:SEIBCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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