Building tolerance for bears: A communications experiment

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 863-869

  Slagle, Kristina ^a   Zajac, Ryan ^a   Bruskotter, Jeremy ^a   Wilson, Robyn ^a   Prange, Suzie ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio Division of Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

acceptance; black bear; carnivore; communication; Ohio; outreach; risk; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BIOLOGY; CARNIVORE; COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; STAKEHOLDER; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 84876357730     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.515     Document Type: Article

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