Willingness to pay (WTP) for wolverine Gulo gulo conservation

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 2-12

  Ericsson, Göran ^a   Kindberg, Jonas ^a   Bostedt, Göran ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Carnivore conservation; Experience; Local scale; Mail survey; Values; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 35649004894     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[2:wtpwfw]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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