Knowledge of and attitudes toward mountain lions: A public survey of residents adjacent to saguaro national park, arizona

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-38

  Casey, Anne L ^a   Krausman, Paul R ^a   Shaw, W W ^a   Shaw, H G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mountain lions; Public attitudes; Puma concolor; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976319907     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871200590904860     Document Type: Article

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