Attitudes toward large carnivores among sheep farmers, wildlife managers, and research biologists in Norway

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 57-73

  Kaltenborn, Bjørn P ^a   Bjerke, Tore ^a   Vitterso, Joar ^a  

^a Eastern Norway Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Large carnivores; Research biologists; Sheep farmers; Wildlife managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003129158     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209909359157     Document Type: Article

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