The management and role of highland sporting estates in the early twenty-first century: The owner's view of a unique but contested form of land use

Scottish Geographical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-40

  MacMillan, Douglas C ^a   Leitch, Kirsty ^b   Wightman, Andrew ^c   Higgins, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecology; Highlands and Islands; Historical geography; Landowners; Rural geography; Sporting estates

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LAND USE; LANDOWNER; LIFESTYLE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

HIGHLANDS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CERVIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 77951162209     PISSN: 14702541     EISSN: 1751665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14702540903499124     Document Type: Article

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