Acceptance of deer management strategies by suburban homeowners and bowhunters

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2095-2101

  Kilpatrick, Howard J ^a   Labonte, Andrew M ^a   Barclay, John S ^b  

^a Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth control; Bowhunters; Crossbows; Homeowners; Hunting; Lethal; Management; Nonlethal; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEER; HUNTING; SUBURBAN AREA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 48249141517     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-058     Document Type: Article

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