The role of game management in wildlife populations: Uncertainty analysis of expert knowledge

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-59

  Pellikka, Jani ^a   Kuikka, Sakari ^a   Lindén, Harto ^b   Varis, Olli ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayes; Belief networks; Hunting

Indexed keywords

LEPUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS; PHASIANIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 17044414576     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-004-0073-9     Document Type: Article

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