Resolving Human-Bear Conflict: A Global Survey of Countries, Experts, and Key Factors

Conservation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 501-513

  Can, Özgün Emre ^a   D'Cruze, Neil ^b   Garshelis, David L ^c   Beecham, John ^d   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION   (United Kingdom)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d 7252 North Pierce Park Lane ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Andean bear; Asiatic black bear; Brown bear; Human bear conflict; Sloth bear; Sun bear

Indexed keywords

HELARCTOS MALAYANUS; MELURSUS URSINUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84919762858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12117     Document Type: Review

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