Attitudes toward mountain lion management in the Midwest: Implications for a potentially recolonizing large predator

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 373-388

  Davenport, Mae A ^a   Nielsen, Clayton K ^b   Mangun, Jean C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Mountain lions; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 77957715976     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2010.507564     Document Type: Article

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