Agency Traits That Build Capacity to Manage Disease

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 376-388

  Siemer, William F ^a   Lauber, T Bruce ^a   Decker, Daniel J ^a   Riley, Shawn J ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agency capacity; conceptual model; Delphi technique; inter agency coordination; leadership; wildlife health

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84866706508     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2012.709309     Document Type: Article

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