Could we live with reintroduced large carnivores in the UK?

Mammal Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-232

  Wilson, Charles J ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bear; Carnivore; Human wildlife conflict; Livestock predation; Lynx; Reintroduction; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; LIVESTOCK; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PREDATION; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; UNGULATA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 1942520231     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2004.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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