Geo-Spatial Aspects of Acceptance of Illegal Hunting of Large Carnivores in Scandinavia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Gangaas, Kristin E ^a   Kaltenborn, Bjørn P ^b   Andreassen, Harry P ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BEAR; CARNIVORE; CONFLICT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ILLEGAL HUNTING; LYNX; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA; WILDLIFE; WOLF; WOLVERINE;

EID: 84880792069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068849     Document Type: Article

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