Hunting for fear: Innovating management of human-wildlife conflicts

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 544-549

  Cromsigt, Joris P G M ^a,b,c   Kuijper, Dries P J ^d   Adam, Marius ^e   Beschta, Robert L ^f   Churski, Marcin ^d   Eycott, Amy ^d,g   Kerley, Graham I H ^c,d   Mysterud, Atle ^b   Schmidt, Krzysztof ^d   West, Kate ^h  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apex predators; Behaviourally mediated trophic cascades; Ecology of fear; Ecosystem impacts of large herbivores; Large carnivores; Nonlethal risk effects; Predation risk; Top down control; Ungulate management

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARNIVORE; HUNTING; INNOVATION; PREDATION RISK; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84878191055     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12076     Document Type: Article

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