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Resources exploring the social, ecological, and governance factors that enable people and wildlife to share landscapes. The literature highlights the importance of context-specific insights, rigorous study design, and adaptive, locally appropriate strategies to support safe and sustainable coexistence. 

Guidance Documents

King, L., N. Raja, M. Kumar, and N. Heath. 2022. Save the Elephants' HEC Toolbox, English edition 1, Nairobi, Kenya.  Download

HWCCSG (2026). What is human-wildlife coexistence? Briefing Paper by the IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Specialist Group. Download

Key Papers

Adams, T. S. F., K. E. A. Leggett, M. J. Chase, and M. A. Tucker. 2022. Who is adjusting to whom?: Differences in elephant diel activity in wildlife corridors across different human-modified landscapes. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3.  Download 

Aguilar, Lucrecia K., Christine E. Webb. 2024. Keystones for conservation: Diversity, Wellbeing, Coexistence, Biological Conservation, Volume 291. Download

Arbieu, U., G. Chapron, C. Astaras, N. Bunnefeld, S. Harkins, Y. Iliopoulos, M. Mehring, I. Reinhardt, and T. Mueller. 2021. News selection and framing: the media as a stakeholder in human-carnivore coexistence. Environmental Research Letters.  Download 

Ardiantiono, Sugiyo, P. J. Johnson, M. I. Lubis, F. Amama, Sukatmoko, W. Marthy, and A. Zimmermann. 2021. Towards coexistence: can people's attitudes explain their willingness to live with Sumatran elephants in Indonesia? Conservation Science and Practice n/a:e520.  Download 

Auster, R. E., S. W. Barr, and R. E. Brazier. 2021. Renewed coexistence: learning from steering group stakeholders on a beaver reintroduction project in England. European Journal of Wildlife Research 68:1.  Download 

Bennett, N. J., R. Roth, S. C. Klain, K. M. A. Chan, D. A. Clark, G. Cullman, G. Epstein, M. P. Nelson, R. Stedman, T. L. Teel, R. E. W. Thomas, C. Wyborn, D. Curran, A. Greenberg, J. Sandlos, and D. Veríssimo. 2017. Mainstreaming the social sciences in conservation. Conservation Biology 31:56-66.  Download

Bogezi, C., L. M. van Eeden, A. J. Wirsing, and J. M. Marzluff. 2021. Ranchers' perspectives on participating in non-lethal wolf-livestock coexistence strategies. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2.  Download 

Boronyak, L., B. Jacobs, A. Wallach, J. McManus, S. Stone, S. Stevenson, B. Smuts, and H. Zaranek. 2021. Pathways towards coexistence with large carnivores in production systems. Agriculture and Human Values.  External resource 

Bruskotter, J. T., J. A. Vucetich, S. L. Gilbert, N. H. Carter, and K. A. George. 2021. Tragic trade-offs accompany carnivore coexistence in the modern world. Conservation Letters n/a:e412841.  Download 

Campbell, H. A., R. G. Dwyer, H. Wilson, T. R. Irwin, and C. E. Franklin. 2015. Predicting the probability of large carnivore occurrence: a strategy to promote crocodile and human coexistence. Animal Conservation 18:387-395.  External resource 

Canney, A. C., L. M. McGough, N. A. Bickford, and K. E. Wallen. 2022. Systematic map of human-raptor interaction and coexistence research. Animals 12:45.  Download 

Carter, N. H., P. Nelson, and T. Easter. 2021. A call for a national collaborative predator coexistence programme. People and Nature.  Download 

Carter, N. H., and Linnell, J. D. C. (2016). Co-adaptation is key to coexisting with large carnivores. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31, 575–578. Download

Catapani, M. L., C. Morsello, B. Oliveira, and A. L. J. Desbiez. 2021. Using a conflict framework analysis to help beekeepers and giant armadillos (Priodontes maximus) coexist. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2.  Download 

Cavalier, R., E. N. Pratt, C. Serenari, and E. C. Rubino. 2021. Human dimensions of crocodilians: a review of the drivers of coexistence. Human Dimensions of Wildlife:1-17.  External resource 

Chausson, A., H. Gurd, J. Foley, S. Bhalla, J. Lekilelei, T. Otieno, B. Lejale, P. Lenasalia, and E. J. Milner-Gulland. 2022. Evaluating the impact of Warrior Watch: behaviour change to promote human-lion coexistence. Biological Conservation 271:109571.   Download 

Chua, L., M. E. Harrison, H. Fair, S. Milne, A. Palmer, J. Rubis, P. Thung, S. Wich, B. Büscher, S. M. Cheyne, R. K. Puri, V. Schreer, A. Stępień, and E. Meijaard. 2020. Conservation and the social sciences: beyond critique and co-optation. A case study from orangutan conservation. People and Nature 2:42-60.  Download

Clement, B., and S. Bunce. 2022. Coyotes and more-than-human commons: exploring co-existence through Toronto’s Coyote Response Strategy. Urban Geography:1-19.   External resource 

Connolly, E., and H. Nelson. 2023. Jaguars in the borderlands: multinatural conservation for coexistence in the Anthropocene. Frontiers in Conservation Science 4.   Download 

Cretois, B., J. D. C. Linnell, B. Van Moorter, P. Kaczensky, E. B. Nilsen, J. Parada, and J. K. Rød. 2021. Coexistence of large mammals and humans is possible in Europe's anthropogenic landscapes. iScience 24.  Download 

Culos, M., Ouvrier, A., Vimal, R. (2025). Thinking coexistence in human-dominated landscapes with the lens of multi-species assemblages: Farmers, brown bears and other wild species in the Pyrenees. Biological Conservation 302. Download

 

Ditmer, M. A., G. Wittemyer, S. W. Breck, and K. R. Crooks. 2022. Defining ecological and socially suitable habitat for the reintroduction of an apex predator. Global Ecology and Conservation:e02192.  Download 

Doney, E. D., Frank, B., & Clark, D. A. (2025). Broadening the spectrum of conflict and coexistence: A case study example of human-wolf interactions in British Columbia, Canada. PLoS ONE 20(2): e0318566. Download

Donfrancesco, V. 2023. (Co)producing landscapes of coexistence: A historical political ecology of human-wolf relations in Italy. Geoforum 149:103958. External resources 

Drury, R., K. Homewood, and S. Randall. 2011. Less is more: the potential of qualitative approaches in conservation research. Animal Conservation 14:18-24.  Download

Durant SM, Marino A, Linnell JDC, Oriol-Cotterill A, Dloniak S, Dolrenry S, Funston P, Groom RJ, Hanssen L, Horgan J, Ikanda D, Ipavec A, Kissui B, Lichtenfeld L, McNutt JW, Mitchell N, Naro E, Samna A and Yirga G (2022). Fostering Coexistence Between People and Large Carnivores in Africa: Using a Theory of Change to Identify Pathways to Impact and Their Underlying Assumptions. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2:698631. Download

Fernando, C., M. A. Weston, R. Corea, K. Pahirana, and A. R. Rendall. 2022. Asian elephant movements between natural and human-dominated landscapes mirror patterns of crop damage in Sri Lanka. Oryx:1-8.   Download 

Fiasco, V., and K. Massarella. 2022. Human-wildlife coexistence: business as usual conservation or an opportunity for transformative change? Conservation & Society.  External resource 

Filla, M., R. P. Lama, T. R. Ghale, T. Filla, M. Heurich, M. Waltert, and I. Khorozyan. 2022. Blue sheep strongly affect snow leopard relative abundance but not livestock depredation in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal. Global Ecology and Conservation:e02153.   Download 

Fletcher, R., and S. Toncheva. 2021. The political economy of human-wildlife conflict and coexistence. Biological Conservation 260:109216.  Download 

Gao, Y & Clark, S.G. (2023). An interdisciplinary conception of human-wildlife coexistence. Journal for Nature Conservation 73:126370.

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Gálvez, N., F. A. V. St. John, and Z. G. Davies. 2021. Drivers of predator killing by rural residents and recommendations for fostering coexistence in agricultural landscapes. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2.  Download 

Glikman JA, Frank B, Ruppert KA, Knox J, Sponarski CC, Metcalf EC, Metcalf AL and Marchini S (2021) Coexisting with Different Human-Wildlife Coexistence Perspectives. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2:703174. Download
 

Glikman, J. A., B. Frank, D. D'Amico, L. Boitani, and P. Ciucci. 2023. Sharing land with bears: insights toward effective coexistence. Journal for Nature Conservation:126421.   Download

Glikman JA, Frank B, Ruppert KA, Knox J, Sponarski CC, Metcalf EC, Metcalf AL and Marchini S. 2021. Coexisting with Different Human-Wildlife Coexistence Perspectives. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2:703174. Download 

Hill, CM. (2021). Conflict Is Integral to Human-Wildlife Coexistence. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2:734314. Download

Hsiao, E. 2022. Conviviality in disrupted socionatural landscapes ecological peacebuilding around Akagera National Park. Conservation & Society.   External resource 

Huang, C., K. Zhou, Y. Huang, P. Fan, Y. Liu, and T. M. Lee. 2023. Insights into the coexistence of birds and humans in cropland through meta-analyses of bird exclosure studies, crop loss mitigation experiments, and social surveys. PLOS Biology 21:e3002166.   Download 

Ibbett, H., J. P. G. Jones, and F. A. V. St John. 2021. Asking sensitive questions in conservation using Randomised Response Techniques. Biological Conservation 260:109191.  Download

Inskip, C., N. Carter, S. Riley, T. Roberts, and D. MacMillan. 2016. Toward human-carnivore coexistence: understanding tolerance for tigers in Bangladesh. Plos One 11:20.  Download

Jansson, I (2025). The benefits of inclusive conservation for connectivity of lions across the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. Conservation Science and Practice, 7(3):e70001. Download

Jacobs, M. H., P. Fehres, and M. Campbell. 2012. Measuring emotions toward wildlife: a review of generic methods and instruments. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 17:233-247.  External resource

Jolly, H., Satterfield, T., Kandlikar, M., TR, Suma. 2022. Indigenous insights on human–wildlife coexistence in southern India. Conservation Biology, 36(6):e13981. Download

Keith, R. J., L. M. Given, J. M. Martin, and D. F. Hochuli. 2022. Collaborating with qualitative researchers to co-design social-ecological studies. Austral Ecology.   Download

Klees van Bommel, J., C. Sun, A. T. Ford, M. Todd, and A. C. Burton. 2022. Coexistence or conflict: black bear habitat use along an urban-wildland gradient. Plos One 17:e0276448.   Download 

Knox, J., Ruppert, K., Frank, B., Sponarski, C. and Glikman, J.A. (2020). Usage, definition, and measurement of the terms coexistence, tolerance and acceptance in wildlife conservation research in Africa. Ambio. Download

König, H. J., Kiffner, C., Kramer-Schadt, S., Fürst, C., Keuling, O., and Ford, A. T. (2020). Human-wildlife coexistence in a changing world. Conservation Biology 34:786–794. Download

 

König, H. J., C. Kiffner, K. Kuhls, S. Uthes, V. Harms, and R. Wieland. 2023. Planning for wolf-livestock coexistence: landscape context predicts livestock depredation risk in agricultural landscapes. animal:100719.   Download 

Kuramoto, Y., Y. Fujimori, R. Ito, Y. Kobayashi, and Y. Sakurai. 2021. Measures for co-existence between seals and coastal large-scale salmon set net fisheries: mitigation of catch damage by the use of rope grid. Fisheries Research 242:106041.  External resource 

Loring, Philip. (2016). Toward a Theory of Coexistence in Shared Social-Ecological Systems: The Case of Cook Inlet Salmon Fisheries. Human Ecology 44:153-165. Download

 

Lucas, C., J. Abell, S. Bremner-Harrison, and K. Whitehouse-Tedd. 2022. Stakeholder perceptions of success in human-carnivore coexistence interventions. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3.  Download 

Marchini, S., Boulhosa, R., Camargo, J., Camilo, A.R., Concone, H., Feliciani, F., Ferrardo, I., et al. (2024). A systems approach to planning for human-wildlife coexistence: The case of people and jaguars in the Brazilian Pantanal. Conservation Science and Practice e13082. Download

 

Marchini S, Ferraz KMPMB, Foster V, Reginato T, Kotz A, Barros Y, Zimmermann A and Macdonald DW (2021). Planning for Human-Wildlife Coexistence: Conceptual Framework, Workshop Process, and a Model for Transdisciplinary Collaboration. Frontiers in

Conservation Science 2:752953. Download

 

Marino, A., J. C. Blanco, J. A. Cortes-Vazquez, J. V. Lopez-Bao, A. P. Bosch, and S. M. Durant. 2022. Environmentalities of coexistence with wolves in the Cantabrian Mountains of Spain. Conservation and Society 20:345-357.   Download

Martin, J. V., K. Epstein, R. M. Anderson, and S. Charnley. 2021. Coexistence praxis: the role of resource managers in wolf-livestock interactions on federal lands. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2.  Download 

Manfredo, M., J. Vaske, and T. Teel. 2003. The potential for conflict index: a graphic approach to practical significance of human dimensions research. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 8:219-228.  External resource

 

Miller, K.M., Berg, G., Indigenous Knowledge Keepers of Churchill. et al. 2025. Coexistence between people and polar bears supports Indigenous knowledge mobilization in wildlife management and research. Commun Earth Environ 6(74). Download

Montero-Botey, M., M. Soliño, R. Perea, and M. Martínez-Jauregui. 2021. Exploring rangers' preferences for community-based strategies to improve human-elephant coexistence in African natural corridors. Animal Conservation.  External resource 

Nair R, Dhee, Patil O, Surve N, Andheria A, Linnell JDC and Athreya V (2021) Sharing Spaces and Entanglements With Big Cats: The Warli and Their Waghoba in Maharashtra, India. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2:683356. Download

Nesbitt, H. K., A. L. Metcalf, A. A. Lubeck, E. C. Metcalf, C. Beckman, A. P. Smith, and T. M. Cummins. 2021. Collective factors reinforce individual contributions to human-wildlife coexistence. The Journal of Wildlife Management.  External resource 

Nesbitt, H. K., A. L. Metcalf, E. C. Metcalf, C. M. Costello, L. L. Roberts, M. S. Lewis, and J. A. Gude. 2023. Human dimensions of grizzly bear conservation: the social factors underlying satisfaction and coexistence beliefs in Montana, USA. Conservation Science and Practice n/a:e12885.   Download 

Nuno, A., and F. A. V. St. John. 2015. How to ask sensitive questions in conservation: a review of specialized questioning techniques. Biological Conservation 189:5-15.  External resource

Nyhus, Philip. 2016. Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence. Annu Rev Environ Resour 41:143–71. Download

 

Oommen, M. A. 2021. Beasts in the garden: human-wildlife coexistence in India's past and present. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2. Download 

Othman, N., M. A.-S. Mustapah, A. G. Quilter, and A. DeWan. 2022. Understanding barriers and benefits to adopting elephant coexistence practices in oil palm plantation landscapes in Lower Kinabatangan, Sabah. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3.   Download 

Ouvrier, A., Culos, M., Guillerme, S., Doré, A., Figari, H., Linell, J.D.C., Quenette, P.-Y., Vimal, R. (2025). What does coexistence mean? Insight from place-based trajectories of pastoralists and bears encounters in the Pyrenees. People and Nature, 00:1–13. Download

 

Parsons, Arielle W., Camilla Sandström, Sally Capper, Lisa Faust, Bernard M. Kissui, Craig Packer,​ Nyumba, O., Wilson, T., Derrick, C. J. and Mukherjee, N. 2018. The use of focus group discussion methodology: insights from two decades of application in conservation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9:20-32.  Download

Pebsworth, P. A., and S. Radhakrishna. 2021. The costs and benefits of coexistence: what determines people's willingness to live near nonhuman primates? American Journal of Primatology 83:e23310.  External resource 

Pettersson, H. L., G. Holmes, C. H. Quinn, S. M. Sait, and J. C. Blanco. 2023. Who must adapt to whom? Contested discourses on human–wolf coexistence and their impact on policy in Spain. People and Nature.   Download 

Pettersson, H. L., C. H. Quinn, G. Holmes, and S. M. Sait. 2021. “They belong here”: understanding the conditions of human-wolf coexistence in north-western Spain. Conservation & Society.  External resource 

Pinto-Marroquin, M., C. Castaño-Uribe, J. Pérez-Torres, J. F. Aristizabal, D. Santos-Fita, A. Ramos Chaparro, and J. C. Serio-Silva. 2022. Potential conflict as an opportunity for coexistence: cosmovision and attitudes of Arhuaco people towards jaguars. Ethnobiology and Conservation 11.   Download 

Pooley, S. 2024. Conservation and coexistence at a crossroads. Conservation Biology, e14433. Download

 

Pooley S. 2021. Coexistence for Whom? Frontiers in Conservation Science 2:726991. Download

 

Pooley, S., Bhatia, S., and Vasava, A. 2020. Rethinking the study of human-wildlife coexistence. Conservation Biology 35:784–793. Download 

Pooley, S. 2015. Using predator attack data to save lives, human and crocodilian. Oryx 49:581-583.  Download 

 

Puri, M., A. Srivathsa, K. K. Karanth, I. Patel, and N. S. Kumar. 2021. Links in a sink: interplay between habitat structure, ecological constraints and interactions with humans can influence connectivity conservation for tigers in forest corridors. Science of The Total Environment:151106.  External resource 

Rust, N. A., A. Abrams, D. W. S. Challender, G. Chapron, A. Ghoddousi, J. A. Glikman, C. H. Gowan, C. Hughes, A. Rastogi, A. Said, A. Sutton, N. Taylor, S. Thomas, H. Unnikrishnan, A. D. Webber, G. Wordingham, and C. M. Hill. 2017. Quantity does not always mean quality: the importance of qualitative social science in conservation research. Society & Natural Resources 30:1304-1310.  External resource

 

Sage, A. H., V. Hillis, R. A. Graves, M. Burnham, and N. H. Carter. 2022. Paths of coexistence: spatially predicting acceptance of grizzly bears along key movement corridors. Biological Conservation 266:109468.  Download 

Salazar, G., I. Ramakrishna, N. Satheesh, M. Mills, M. C. Monroe, and K. K. Karanth. 2021. The challenge of measuring children’s attitudes toward wildlife in rural India. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education:1-17.  External resource

Sargent, R., O. S. Rakotonarivo, S. P. Rushton, B. Cascio, A. Grau, A. R. Bell, N. Bunnefeld, A. Dickman, and M. Pfeifer. 2022. An experimental game to examine pastoralists' preferences for human–lion coexistence strategies. People and Nature.  Download 

Saunders, L., & Jukes, S. 2025. Learning to Live with Dungalaba: Embracing Indigenous Knowledge Practises for Respectful Coexistence with Saltwater Crocodiles in the Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Environmental Education 0, 1–14. External resources 

Shaney, K. J., A. Hamidy, M. Walsh, E. Arida, A. Arimbi, and E. N. Smith. 2017. Impacts of anthropogenic pressures on the contemporary biogeography of threatened crocodilians in Indonesia. Oryx:1-12.  External resource 

Shankar VS, Purti N & Prabakaran N. 2024. Snowballing trends of saltwater crocodile conflicts in Andaman Islands: A mounting concern for conservation and sustainable co-existence. European Journal of Wildlife Research 70(4): 67. External resources 

Sideleau, B., Staniwiecz, A., Syah, M., Shaney, K.J. 2022. An analysis of tomistoma (Tomistoma schlegelii) attacks on humans. Marine and Freshwater Research, 73(11): 1331-1338. External resources 

St. John, F. A. V., D. Brockington, N. Bunnefeld, R. Duffy, K. Homewood, J. P. G. Jones, A. M. Keane, E. J. Milner-Gulland, A. Nuno, and J. H. Razafimanahaka. 2016. Research ethics: assuring anonymity at the individual level may not be sufficient to protect research participants from harm. Biological Conservation 196:208-209.  External resource

 

St. John, F. A. V., A. M. Keane, J. P. G. Jones, and E. J. Milner-Gulland. 2014. Robust study design is as important on the social as it is on the ecological side of applied ecological research. Journal of Applied Ecology 51:1479-1485.  Download

 

Stevens, M., Rawat, S., & Satterfield, T. 2025. Care, conflict, and coexistence: Human–wildlife relations in community forests. People and Nature, 7, 231–246. External resources

Sutherland, W. J., L. V. Dicks, M. Everard, and D. Geneletti. 2018. Qualitative methods for ecologists and conservation scientists. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9:7-9.  External resource

Thekaekara, T., S. A. Bhagwat, and T. F. Thornton. 2021. Coexistence and culture: understanding human diversity and tolerance in human-elephant interactions. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2.  Download 

Thinley, P., R. Rajaratnam, L. Norbu, L. Dorji, J. Tenzin, C. Namgyal, C. Yangzom, T. Wangchuk, S. Wangdi, T. Dendup, S. Tashi, and C. Wangmo. 2021. Understanding human–canid conflict and coexistence: socioeconomic correlates underlying local attitude and support toward the Endangered dhole (Cuon alpinus) in Bhutan. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2.  Download 

Toncheva, S., R. Fletcher, and E. Turnhout. 2021. Convivial conservation from the bottom-up: human-bear cohabitation in the Rodopi mountains of Bulgaria. Conservation & Society.  Download 

Toncheva, S., and R. Fletcher. 2021. From conflict to conviviality? Transforming human–bear relations in Bulgaria. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2.  Download 

Udyawer, V., C. Goiran, and R. Shine. 2021. Peaceful coexistence between people and deadly wildlife: why are recreational users of the ocean so rarely bitten by sea snakes? People and Nature 3:335-346.  Download 

Vargas, S. P., M. Hargreaves, J. P. Del Valle, A. Hodges, E. Beltrami, M. F. Toledo, and G. Sapaj-Aguilera. 2022. Coexistence in times of climate crisis: a participatory mapping to understanding conservation conflicts in the Central Andes of Chile. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3.   Download 

Venumière-Lefebvre, C. C., S. W. Breck, and K. R. Crooks. 2022. A systematic map of human-carnivore coexistence. Biological Conservation 268:109515.  External resource 

Vogel, S. M., D. Vasudev, J. O. Ogutu, P. Taek, E. Berti, V. R. Goswami, M. Kaelo, R. Buitenwerf, M. Munk, W. Li, J. Wall, D. Chala, I. Amoke, A. Odingo, and J.-C. Svenning. 2023. Identifying sustainable coexistence potential by integrating willingness-to-coexist with habitat suitability assessments. Biological Conservation 279:109935.   Download 

Vogel, S. M., A. C. Songhurst, G. McCulloch, and A. Stronza. 2022. Understanding farmers' reasons behind mitigation decisions is key in supporting their coexistence with wildlife. People and Nature.  Download 

Vucetich, J. A., J. T. Bruskotter, and D. W. Macdonald. 2021. Can deliberative democracy favor a flourishing relationship between humans and carnivores? Frontiers in Conservation Science 2.  Download 

White, P. C. L., N. V. Jennings, A. R. Renwick, and N. H. L. Barker. 2005. Questionnaires in ecology: a review of past use and recommendations for best practice. Journal of Applied Ecology 42:421-430.  Download

Wiget, A., and O. Balalaeva. 2022. Sharing the world with bears: conflict and coexistence in the Siberian Taiga. Human Ecology.   Download 

Wilkinson, C. E., T. Caspi, L. A. Stanton, D. Campbell, and C. J. Schell. 2023. Coexistence across space and time: social-ecological patterns within a decade of human-coyote interactions in San Francisco. People and Nature.   Download 

Xiao, L., F. Hua, J. M. H. Knops, X. Zhao, C. Mishra, S. Lovari, J. S. Alexander, B. Weckworth, and Z. Lu. 2022. Spatial separation of prey from livestock facilitates coexistence of a specialized large carnivore with human land use. Animal Conservation.   External resource 

Young, J. C., D. C. Rose, H. S. Mumby, F. Benitez-Capistros, C. J. Derrick, T. Finch, C. Garcia, C. Home, E. Marwaha, C. Morgans, S. Parkinson, J. Shah, K. A. Wilson, and N. Mukherjee. 2018. A methodological guide to using and reporting on interviews in conservation science research. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9:10-19.  Download

Books and book chapters

Bryman, A. 2015. Social research methods. Oxford University Press.  External resource

 

Frank, B., and Glikman, J. (2019). “Human-wildlife conflicts and the need to include coexistence,” in Human-Wildlife Interactions: Turning Conflict into Coexistence, eds B. Frank, J. Glikman and S. Marchini (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), 1–19. External resource

Marchini, S., Ferraz, K., Zimmermann, A., Guimaraes-Luiz, T., Morato, R., Correa, P., et al. (2019). Planning for coexistence in a complex human-dominated world, in: Human-Wildlife Interactions: Turning Conflict into Coexistence, eds B. Frank, J. Glikman, and S. Marchini (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), 414–438. Download

McBride, M. F., and M. A. Burgman. 2012. What is expert knowledge, how is such knowledge gathered, and how do we use it to address questions in landscape ecology? Pages 11-38 in A. H. Perera, C. A. Drew, and C. J. Johnson, editors. Expert knowledge and its application in landscape ecology. Springer New York, New York, NY.  External resource

 

Newing, H. 2010. Conducting research in conservation: social science methods and practice. Taylor & Francis.  External resource

 

Punch, K. F. 2013. Introduction to social research: quantitative and qualitative approaches. SAGE Publications.  External resource

 

Silverman, D. 1993. Interpreting qualitative data: methods for analysing talk, text and interaction. Sage.  External resource

 

Silverman, D. 2005. Doing qualitative research: a practical handbook. SAGE Publications.  External resource

Suryawanshi, K.R, Suresh, S., Young, J., Bhatia, S. and Mishra, C. (2024). Promoting coexistence through improved understanding of human perceptions, attitudes, and behavior toward snow leopards. Chapter 14 in Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes, Snow Leopards, 2nd ed., David Mallon and Tom McCarthy (eds.) (Cambridge MA: Academic Press), 149-156. External resource

Vaske, J. J. 2008. Survey research and analysis: applications in parks, recreation and human dimensions. Venture Publishing.  External resource

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