Social and cognitive correlates of Utah residents' acceptance of the lethal control of wolves

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-132

  Bruskotter, Jeremy T ^a   Vaske, Jerry J ^b   Schmidt, Robert H ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptability of lethal control; Attitudes; Beliefs; Stakeholders; Wolves

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE;

EID: 68149125483     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871200802712571     Document Type: Article

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