Friend or foe: Societal shifts from intense persecution to active conservation of top predators

Ardeola

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-119

  Martínez Abrain, Alejandro ^a   Crespo, Jorge ^b   Jiménez, Juan ^c   Pullin, Andrew ^d   Stewart, Gavin ^d   Oro, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Centro de Recuperación Granja de El Saler   (Spain)

^c Servicio de Biodiversidad   (Spain)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; Conservation; Economic growth; Mass media; Persecution; Raptors; Social attitude

Indexed keywords

RAPTORES;

EID: 54949084699     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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