Otters vs. fishermen: Stakeholders' perceptions of otter predation and damage compensation in the Czech Republic

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-102

  Vaclavikova, Marketa ^a,b   Vaclavik, Tomas ^a,b   Kostkan, Vlastimil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Conflict mitigation; Human wildlife conflict; Lutra lutra; Questionnaire survey

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MAMMAL; MITIGATION; PERCEPTION; PREDATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 79952360180     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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