Socioeconomic factors affecting local support for black bear recovery strategies

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1299-1311

  Morzillo, Anita T ^a   Mertig, Angela G ^b   Hollister, Jeffrey W ^c   Garner, Nathan ^d   Liu, Jianguo ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Attitudes; Conditional probability analysis; Human dimensions; Human bear conflict; Population recovery; Ursus americanus; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

BLACK BEAR; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY ANALYSIS; GENERAL INFORMATION; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; LOCAL RESIDENTS; LOCAL SUPPORT; LOUISIANA; MANAGEMENT PLANS; PUBLIC SUPPORT; RECOVERY STRATEGIES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

RECOVERY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEAR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; POPULATION RECOVERY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES REINTRODUCTION; UNITED STATES; URSUS AMERICANUS; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; ATTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; URSIDAE;

BIG THICKET; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS AMERICANUS LUTEOLUS;

EID: 77955586843     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9485-3     Document Type: Article

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