The geography of conflict between elk and agricultural values in the Cypress Hills, Canada

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 222-235

  Hegel, Troy M ^a   Gates, C Cormack ^a   Eslinger, Dale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abatement; Acceptance capacity; Agricultural conflict; Compensation; Depredation; Elk; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSERVATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAND USE;

ABATEMENT; ACCEPTANCE CAPACITY; AGRICULTURAL CONFLICT; COMPENSATION; DEPREDATION; ELK; LAND USE PATTERN; MANAGEMENT IS; MULTIPLE FACTORS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

CROPS;

ABATEMENT COST; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DEER; HERBIVORE; LAND USE PLANNING; PRIVATE LAND; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFLICT; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORY; HUMAN; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RANGELAND; RED DEER;

ALBERTA; CANADA; CYPRESS HILLS; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

CERVUS ELAPHUS CANADENSIS; CUPRESSUS;

EID: 55249108296     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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