Is Human Fear Affecting Public Willingness to Pay for the Management and Conservation of Large Carnivores?

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 610-620

  Johansson, Maria ^a   Sjöström, Magnus ^b   Karlsson, Jens ^c   Brännlund, Runar ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

animal fear; human dimensions of wildlife management; large carnivores; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84859638767     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2011.622734     Document Type: Article

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