Novel socio-ecological approach helps identifying suitable wolf habitats in human-dominated landscapes
Sunday, February 19, 2017 - 15:01
in Psychology & Sociology
About one third of the Swiss landscape offers suitable wolf habitat. Nonetheless, there is only a small fraction thereof where the wolf is tolerated by local communities. Those regions – characterized by both favorable environmental conditions and a positive attitude towards the wolf – are identified as candidate regions for the successful short to medium-term wolf expansion, according to a study.