Public perception of large carnivores in Latvia

Ursus

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-187

  Andersone, Žanete ^a   Ozoliņš, Janis ^b  

^a emeri National Park   (Latvia)

^b State Forest Service   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Canis lupus; Eurasian lynx; Human attitudes; Latvia; Lynx lynx; Ursus arctos; Wolf

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646584370     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2004)015<0181:PPOLCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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