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Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu, Szu‐Hsien Chen, Xining Yang, Ken Resnicow, Hsing‐Fang Hsieh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land-Use Pattern, Urbanization, and Deer–Vehicle Collisions in Alabama

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
With the rise in deer–vehicle collisions across the United States, the associated costs also have risen. Increasingly, however, researchers are learning that these collisions are not a random phenomena but follow a systematic pattern.
Anwar Hussain, James B. Armstrong, David B. Brown, John Hogland   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Firearm carrying practices and motivations: A mixed methods study among adults and youth

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this participatory action, mixed methods research study was to identify motivations related to firearm carrying from a qualitative perspective, and then to use quantitative research to characterize the patterns of motivations around carrying.
Krista R. Mehari, Colleen S. Walsh, L. Taylor Stevens, Jasmine N. Coleman, Alice Ellyson, Phillip N. Smith   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Professional use of pesticides in wildlife management an overview of professional wildlife damage management [PDF]

Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference, 2002
Author(s): Fagerstone, Kathleen A. | Abstract: Wildlife damage management is an important, often neglected, part of the wildlife management profession. Wildlife sometimes cause significant damage to agricultural crops and livestock, forests, rangelands, private and public property, other wildlife and their habitats, and urban and rural structures ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Modeling Waterfowl Damage to Crops Surrounding the Quill lakes in Saskatchewan

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Waterfowl using the Central Flyway congregate on staging lakes before fall migration. The Quill lakes area of Saskatchewan Province, Canada, contains many staging lakes, which are surrounded by annual cropland.
Carolyn J. Callaghan, Bahram Daneshfar, Donald J. Thompson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using participatory risk mapping (PRM) to identify and understand people's perceptions of crop loss to animals in Uganda. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Considering how people perceive risks to their livelihoods from local wildlife is central to (i) understanding the impact of crop damage by animals on local people and (ii) recognising how this influences their interactions with, and attitudes towards ...
Amanda D Webber, Catherine M Hill
doaj   +1 more source

Enabling the study of gene function in gymnosperms: Virus‐induced gene silencing in Ephedra tweedieana

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise As the sister clade to angiosperms, extant gymnosperms are crucial for reconstructing ancestral gene regulatory networks in seed plants. This highlights the need for model systems representing each of their distinct lineages. However, tools to quickly and effectively investigate gene function in gymnosperms are still limited due to the
Anthony G. K. Garcia, Jo Trang Bùi, Todd P. Michael, Stefanie M. Ickert‐Bond, Verónica S. Di Stilio   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular methods for differentiating Phragmites australis subspecies and identification of hybrid stands in the Upper Midwestern United States

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise In North America, Phragmites australis (common reed) has drawn a great deal of research attention. Non‐native P. australis subsp. australis is a noxious weed that has locally displaced native P. australis subsp. americanus in some areas.
Nicholas P. Tippery, Daniel J. Larkin, Julia Bohnen, Douglas L. Wendell, Neil O. Anderson, Susan M. Galatowitsch, Marie Abbey, Alan G. Smith, Andrzej K. Noyszewski   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cooperative Extension Agents as Key Informants in Assessing Wildlife Damage Trends in Georgia

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2018
To manage emerging human-wildlife conflicts, wildlife managers will require more information regarding trends in wildlife damage and public perceptions of control measures.
Rhianna R. Hohbein, Michael T. Mengak
doaj   +1 more source

How effective are interventions to reduce damage to agricultural crops from herbivorous wild birds and mammals? A systematic review protocol

Environmental Evidence, 2023
Background An important conservation challenge is to mitigate negative impacts that wild birds and mammals can have on human practices and livelihoods, and not least on agricultural crops.
Ann Eklund, Johan Månsson, Jens Frank
doaj   +1 more source