Dynamics of public attitudes toward bears and the role of bear hunting in Croatia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3018-3027

  Majić, Aleksandra ^a   Marino Taussig de Bodonia, Agnese ^b   Huber, duro ^c   Bunnefeld, Nils ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Brown bear; Croatia; Human dimensions; Hunting; Social carrying capacity

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CARNIVORE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUNTING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CROATIA;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 83555166154     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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