Fear of the unknown: Local knowledge and perceptions of the eurasian lynx Lynx lynx in western Macedonia

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Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 600-607

  Lescureux, Nicolas ^a   Linnell, John D C ^a   Mustafa, Sabit ^b   Melovski, Dime ^b   Stojanov, Aleksandar ^b   Ivanov, Gjorge ^b   Avukatov, Vasko ^b   Von Arx, Manuela ^c   Breitenmoser, Urs ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Macedonian Ecological Society   (Macedonia)

^c KORA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Balkan lynx; conflict; conservation; ethno ecology; fear; knowledge; Lynx lynx martinoi; perception

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUNTING; ISOLATED POPULATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PREY CAPTURE; RURAL AREA; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALBANIA; MACEDONIA [SOUTHERN EUROPE];

LYNX; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 80955126809     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310001547     Document Type: Article

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