The role of ecological and economic factors in the management of a spatially structured moose alces alces population

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-23

  Nilsen, Erlend B ^a,b,d   Skonhoft, Anders ^c   Mysterud, Atle ^b   Milner, Jos M ^a   Solberg, Erling J ^d   Andreassen, Harry P ^a   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^b  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Bioeconomks; Canis lupus; Harvesting; Migration; Moose; Sustainable development; Wolf

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 67249163295     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/06-084     Document Type: Article

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