Collective action and social capital of wildlife management associations

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1729-1738

  Wagner, Matthew W ^a   Kreuter, Urs P ^b   Kaiser, Ronald A ^b   Wilkins, R Neal ^b  

^a TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common pool resource; Landowner associations; Odocoileus virginianus; Social capital; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DECISION MAKING; DEER; HARVESTING; HUNTING; LANDOWNERSHIP; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SAVANNA; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; QUERCUS STELLATA;

EID: 48249094170     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-199     Document Type: Article

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