The human dimension in addressing conflict with large carnivores

Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 110-126

  Dickman, Amy ^a   Marchini, Silvio ^b   Manfredo, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto Pró Carnívoros Av   (Brazil)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivore killing; Conflict mitigation; Conservation; Cultural level; Human large carnivore conflict; Individual level; Societal level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886576747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118520178.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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