Large carnivores that kill livestock: Do 'problem individuals' really exist?

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 698-705

  Linnell, John D C ^a,d   Odden, John ^b,e   Smith, Martin E ^c,f,g,h   Aanes, Ronny ^a,i   Swenson, Jon E ^a,j  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Campus Evenstad   (Norway)

^c North Trøndelag College   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^h Nord Trøndelag College   (Norway)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Carnivore management; Livestock depredation; Problem individuals; Selective control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033431887     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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