Deer hunting on Pennsylvania's public and private lands: A two-tiered system of hunters?

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 222-233

  Stedman, R C ^a   Bhandari, P ^b   Luloff, A E ^c   Diefenbach, D R ^c   Finley, J C ^c  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundant wildlife; Hunter access; Pennsylvania; Private land; Public land; White tailed deer; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 46949104569     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871200802010513     Document Type: Article

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