Strong community support for illegal killing challenges wolf management

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 759-770

  Pohja Mykrä, Mari ^a   Kurki, Sami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Illegal killing; Large carnivore management; Societal sustainability; Wolf management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939894364     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: 14390574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-014-0845-9     Document Type: Article

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