The economic value of publicly accessible deer hunting land

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 462-470

  Knoche, Scott ^a   Lupi, Frank ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

access; economics; hunting; Michigan; Odocoileus virginanus; white tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DEER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUNTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84859081279     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.302     Document Type: Article

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