Stewardship as a Path to Cooperation? Exploring the Role of Identity in Intergroup Conflict Among Michigan Wolf Stakeholders

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 267-279

  Lute, Michelle L ^a   Gore, Meredith L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; human wildlife conflict; in group bias; recovery; social identity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901033157     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2014.888600     Document Type: Article

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