Grizzly and polar bears as nonconsumptive cultural keystone species

• Main Authors: Douglas Clark (Author), Kyle Artelle (Author), Chris Darimont (Author), William Housty (Author), Clyde Tallio (Author), Douglas Neasloss (Author), Aimee Schmidt (Author), Andrew Wiget (Author), Nancy Turner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Grizzly bears and polar bears often serve as ecological "flagship species" in conservation efforts, but although consumptively used in some areas and cultures they can also be important cultural keystone species even where not hunted. We extend the application of established criteria for d...