Conservation with a gun: Understanding landowner attitudes to deer hunting in the scottish highlands

Human Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 473-484

  MacMillan, Douglas C ^a   Leitch, Kirsty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Deer stalking; High land sporting estates; Sustainable use

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEER; HUNTING; LANDOWNER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 48749114746     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-008-9170-9     Document Type: Article

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