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Local attitudes toward Apennine brown bears: Insights for conservation issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Human-carnivore coexistence is a multi-faceted issue that requires an understanding of the diverse attitudes and perspectives of the communities living with large carnivores. To inform initiatives that encourage behaviors in line with conservation goals,
Boitani L.   +15 more
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Did Predator Control Go to the Dogs? A 40-year Retrospective

open access: yesHuman-Wildlife Interactions, 2019
In 1980, Green and Woodruff published an article entitled, “Is Predator Control Going to the Dogs?” At that time, the use of Livestock Guardian Dogs (hereafter LGDs) was a relatively new wildlife damage management tool in North America.
John M. Tomeček
doaj   +1 more source

Quantification of avian hazards to military aircraft and implications for wildlife management. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
Collisions between birds and military aircraft are common and can have catastrophic effects. Knowledge of relative wildlife hazards to aircraft (the likelihood of aircraft damage when a species is struck) is needed before estimating wildlife strike risk (
Morgan B Pfeiffer   +2 more
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A Needs Assessment for Continuing Education of Federal Wildlife Damage Management Professionals

open access: yesHuman-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
The complexity of wildlife damage management requires professionals to continually acquire new knowledge and skills that can be obtained through continuing education. Current literature suggests that wildlife damage management personnel are not receiving
Jessica L. Tegt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Input Behavior of Farmer Production Factors in the Range of Asian Elephant Distribution: Survey Data from 1264 Households in Yunnan Province, China

open access: yesDiversity, 2023
This article, based on the sustainable livelihood framework and survey data from 1264 households in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Puer City, and Lincang City in Yunnan Province, China, analyzes the impact mechanism of livelihood capital on the
Beimeng Liu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Crop raiding patterns of solitary and social groups of red-tailed monkeys on cocoa pods in Uganda [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Crop damage by wildlife is a very prevalent form of human-wildlife conflict adjacent to protected areas, and great economic losses from crop raiding impede efforts to protect wildlife.
Baranga, D   +3 more
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Once and Future Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem: Restoration Recommendations of an Expert Working Group [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) well blowout released more petroleum hydrocarbons into the marine environment than any previous U.S. oil spill (4.9 million barrels), fouling marine life, damaging deep sea and shoreline habitats and causing closures of ...
Charles H. Peterson   +17 more
core   +4 more sources

Thematic and hotspot analysis of human-elk conflicts statewide in California

open access: yesCalifornia Fish and Wildlife Journal, 2021
Human-wildlife conflicts are an important factor for consideration in wildlife management at urban-wildland interfaces. Effective and adaptive management of human-wildlife conflicts is needed to promote tolerance and coexistence of humans and wildlife ...
Kristin Denryter, Alex Heeren
doaj   +1 more source

Exposure of feral swine to Coxiella burnetii overlaps with human Q fever incidence in California

open access: yesFrontiers in Epidemiology
Coxiella burnetii is a zoonotic pathogen that causes Q fever in humans. There are many known reservoirs of C. burnetii, including cattle, sheep, and goats with an expanding list of potential reservoirs including birds, reptiles, ticks and additional ...
Ian A. McMillan   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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