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Understanding the human dimensions of managing overabundant charismatic wildlife in Australia

2020-04-01

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Management of charismatic, locally overabundant, wildlife such as koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and kangaroos (Macropus spp.) has led to public outcry on multiple occasions. While this public opinion has been influencing decision-making, evidence on what the general public thinks to support this decision-making has been largely lacking. Here we quantified the opinions (n = 1,148) of a representative sample of th...

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Literature Corpus work: 7284a9a8-83ca-5189-af79-f79997076ea2
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108506

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