Interdisciplinary approaches for the management of existing and emerging human-wildlife conflicts

Wildlife Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 623-629

  White, Piran C L ^a   Ward, Alastair I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decision making; integrative; monitoring; participation; stakeholder engagement; uncertainty.

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POPULATION GROWTH; STAKEHOLDER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78650532813     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR10191     Document Type: Article

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