Carnivore conservation in practice: Replicated management actions on a large spatial scale

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-67

  Angerbjörn, Anders ^a   Eide, Nina E ^b   Dalén, Love ^a   Elmhagen, Bodil ^a   Hellström, Peter ^a   Ims, Rolf A ^c   Killengreen, Siw ^c   Landa, Arild ^b   Meijer, Tomas ^a   Mela, Matti ^d   Niemimaa, Jukka ^e   Norén, Karin ^a   Tannerfeldt, Magnus ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^c   Henttonen, Heikki ^e  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d Metsähallitus Finnish Park and Forest Service   (Finland)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alopex; Arctic; Climate; Extinction; Population cycles; Restoration; SEFALO; Vulpes

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CANID; CARNIVORE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXTINCTION; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR CONTROL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TUNDRA;

SCANDINAVIA;

ALOPEX; ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; VULPES; VULPES LAGOPUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84873176850     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12033     Document Type: Article

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