Ecology of lawbreaking:effects of poaching on legally harvested wolf populations in human-dominated landscapes

• Main Author: Suutarinen, J. (Johanna)
• Other Authors: Kojola, I. (Ilpo), Aspi, J. (Jouni), Sand, H. (Håkan)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Oulun yliopisto 2019
• Subjects: carnivore conflict; game management; population ecology; wildlife crime; luonnonvaraiset eläimet; luonnonvararikokset; populaatioekologia; riistakannat; rikokset; salametsästys; suurpedot; Canis lupus; Luke
• Online Access: http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526222271

Abstract Illegal killing of wolves (hereinafter ’wolf poaching’) in human-inhabited areas where wolves are also legally harvested is a special case of wildlife crime. This doctoral thesis examines wolf poaching in Finland and Sweden from the ecological perspective. In the first paper, we examined th...