Attitudes toward brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Sweden

• Main Author: Lindberg, Dan-Erik
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English; Swedish
• Published: SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies 2008
• Subjects: human dimensions; attitudes; mail survey; experience; urban vs. rural; brown bear; Ursus arctos; Inga; Kring
• Online Access: https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/12293/

The Swedish brown bear population has grown from very few animals to at least 2500 individuals in about 80 years time, with a rather constant growth of 1.5 % per year. I wanted to see what the attitudes towards bears are like in Sweden now when the bears expand their habitats closer to urban areas a...