Large carnivores and human safety: A review

Ambio

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 283-288

  Löe, Jonny ^a,b,c   Röskaft, Eivin ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Gjettum Lower Secondary School   (Norway)

^c NTNU ^*  (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SAFETY;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA;

EID: 4344694425     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-33.6.283     Document Type: Review

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74. Notes. In the process of attaining data and information to this article, we wish to thank the following contributors. Kishan Singh Rajpurohit at the Wildlife Institute of India, Steve Herrero at the University of Calgary, Canada, Doug Updike at the California Department of Fish and Game, Pranabes Sanyal, Assistant Chief Conservator of Forests, West Bengal, Russell Woolstenhulme, Nevada Division of Wildlife, Reg Rothwell, director of biological services for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Lee Fitzhugh at the Wildlife, Fish and conservation Biology University of California and Chairman Emeritus of the IUCN cat specialist group, Peter Jackson. The following have, in random order, through personal communications been very helpful; Vladimir Flint, Andrew E. Derocher, P.K. Sen, Paul Beier, Jon Swenson, Alexia Morgan at ISAF, Ole Jacob Sørensen, Mikhail Vaisfeld, Al Strangenberger, Keith Aune, Charly McDougal, Don Whittaker, A.J.T. Johnsingh, Ian Gjertz, Janis Ozolins, Jan Ove Scheie, Keith Sexson, Kelly Clark, Leonid Baskin, Michael Doncarlos, Ron Tilson, Ward Cameron, Zanete Andersone, Øystein Wiig, J.D.C. Linnell, J.H. Grobler, Debbie Martyr, Russ Mason, Mohammed Azlan J. Abd. Gulam Azad, Dale Miquelle, Craig Packer, Reidar Andersen and Adrian Treves. We are also greatful to prof S. Herrero and two anonymous reviewers for comments improving this paper. Richard Binns improved the English.
75. First submitted 14 Oct. 2003. Revised manuscript recieved 29 March 2004. Accepted for publication 30 March 2004.