Common stories of reintroduction: A discourse analysis of documents supporting animal reintroductions to Scotland

Land Use Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 911-920

  Arts, Koen ^a,b   Fischer, Anke ^b   van der Wal, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beaver; Environment; Lynx; Reflexive; Storyline; White tailed eagle

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; REINTRODUCTION;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA; LYNX;

EID: 84857799409     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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