Wolf reintroduction to Scotland: Public attitudes and consequences for red deer management

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1612, 2007, Pages 995-1002

  Nilsen, Erlend B ^a,b   Milner Gulland, E J ^c   Schofield, Lee ^c   Mysterud, Atle ^a   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a   Coulson, Tim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Markov model; Predator prey dynamics; Trophy harvest; Wildlife economics

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARRYING CAPACITY; DEER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HUNTING; LIVESTOCK; MARKOV CHAIN; PERCEPTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; LIVESTOCK; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODEL; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC OPINION; RED DEER; SIMULATION; SPECIES REINTRODUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WOLF; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

ANIMALS; ATTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SCOTLAND; WOLVES;

EID: 34248570119     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0369     Document Type: Article

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