Public perceptions of bears and management interventions in Japan

Human-Wildlife Interactions

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-134

  Sakurai, Ryo ^a   Jacobson, Susan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asiatic black bear; Attitude; Belief; Brown bear; Culture; Experience; Human wildlife conflicts; Intervention

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 84856835777     PISSN: 21553858     EISSN: 21553874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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