A meta-analysis of studies on attitudes toward bears and wolves across Europe 1976-2012

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 565-574

  Dressel, S ^a   Sandstrom C ^b   Ericsson, G ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Europe; Human dimension; Large carnivore conservation; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CANID; CARNIVORE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; META-ANALYSIS; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EUROPE;

CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

ANIMAL; ATTITUDE; BEAR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; WOLF;

ANIMALS; ATTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EUROPE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; URSIDAE; WOLVES;

EID: 84924588998     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12420     Document Type: Article

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