Does recreational hunting of lynx reduce depredation losses of domestic sheep?

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1034-1042

  Herfindal, Ivar ^a   Linnell, John D C ^b   Moa, Pål F ^c   Odden, John ^b   Austmo, Lars B ^c   Andersen, Reidar ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Control; Depredation; Eurasian lynx; Livestock; Recreational hunting

Indexed keywords

FELID; HUNTING; PREDATOR CONTROL; SHEEP;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

LYNX; LYNX LYNX; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 27944473095     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[1034:DRHOLR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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