The potential impacts of changes in bear hunting policy for hunting organisations in Croatia

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-97

  Knott, Emma J ^a   Bunnefeld, Nils ^a,b   Huber, Djuro ^c   Reljić, Slaven ^c   Kereži, Vesna ^c   Milner Gulland, E J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Cost benefit analysis; Population modelling; Trophy hunting; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84893644058     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-013-0754-3     Document Type: Article

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