The role of hunting in North American wildlife conservation

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 399-413

  Heffelfinger, James R ^a   Geist, Valerius ^b   Wishart, William ^c  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Hunting; North American model; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUNTING; NORTH AMERICAN; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE POPULATIONS;

ANIMALS;

CONSERVATION;

EID: 84879929281     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2013.800383     Document Type: Article

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