The role of economic and social factors driving predator control in small-game estates in central Spain

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Delibes Mateos, Miguel ^a   Díaz Fernández, Silvia ^a   Ferreras, Pablo ^a   Viñuela, Javier ^a   Arroyo, Beatriz ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards predators; Game management; Human wildlife conflicts; Perceptions; Pica pica; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; HUNTING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; PREDATOR;

SPAIN;

CANIDAE; PICA PICA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84881165291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05367-180228     Document Type: Article

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