Attitudes toward large carnivores among sheep farmers experiencing different degrees of depredation

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-35

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

^a EASTERN NORWAY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Carnivores; Sheep farmers; Wildlife managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006017023     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871209909359142     Document Type: Article

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