Using Visual Scales in Researching Global Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 159-166

  Gore, Meredith L ^a   Kahler, Jessica S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural research; data collection; human wildlife conflict; Madagascar; methods; Namibia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927912708     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2014.992501     Document Type: Article

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