Toward an understanding of beaver management as human and beaver densities increase

Human-Wildlife Interactions

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-131

  Siemer, William F ^a   Jonker, Sandra A ^b   Decker, Daniel J ^a   Organ, John F ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c US Fish & Wildlife Service Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beaver; Damage tolerance; Density; Human wildlife conflict; Management; Model; Wildlife acceptance capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882244173     PISSN: 21553858     EISSN: 21553874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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