Human attitudes towards large carnivores in Norway

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-185

  Røskaft, Eivin ^a   Händel, Barbara ^a   Bjerke, Tore ^b   Kaltenborn, Bjørn P ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards animals; Bears; Large carnivores; Lynx; Wolverine; Wolves

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; GULO GULO; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 34548009580     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[172:HATLCI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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