Cost-benefit analysis of managed shotgun hunts for suburban white-tailed deer

Human-Wildlife Interactions

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-22

  Hubbard, Ryan D ^a   Nielsen, Clayton K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Human wildlife conflicts; Hunter placement; Managed shotgun hunt; Odocoileus virginianus; Southern illinois; Suburban; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84856236746     PISSN: 21553858     EISSN: 21553874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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