Conflict analysis & theory

Aich, R. S., and P. Chakraborty. 2022. Kamot: the first academic investigation of human-shark conflict in Sundarbans. TRACE ∴ Journal for Human-Animal Studies 8.   Download 

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Ainsworth, G. B., S. M. Redpath, M. Wilson, C. Wernham, and J. C. Young. 2020. Integrating scientific and local knowledge to address conservation conflicts: towards a practical framework based on lessons learned from a Scottish case study. Environmental Science & Policy 107:46-55.  External resource

 

Anand, S., and S. Radhakrishna. 2022. Collective movement decision-making in primates in crop-raiding contexts. Behavioural Processes:104604.  External resource 

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Amelot, M., F. Plard, C. Guinet, J. P. Y. Arnould, N. Gasco, and P. Tixier. 2022. Increasing numbers of killer whale individuals use fisheries as feeding opportunities within subantarctic populations. Biology Letters 18:20210328.  External resource 

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Anderson, M. B., L. Olson, and K. Doughty. 2003. Confronting war: critical lessons for peace practitioners. Collaborative for Development Action, Incorporated.  External resource

 

Ballejo, F., P. Plaza, A. di Virgilio, M. Lucherini, P. Gáspero, M. M. Guerisoli, A. Novaro, M. Funes, and S. A. Lambertucci. 2022. Unravelling negative interactions between humans, mammalian carnivores and raptors in South America. Ecología Austral.   Download 

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Banasiak, N. M., M. W. Hayward, and G. I. H. Kerley. 2021. Emerging human–carnivore conflict following large carnivore reintroductions highlights the need to lift baselines. African Journal of Wildlife Research 51.  External resource 

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Barnett, A., R. Fitzpatrick, M. Bradley, I. Miller, M. Sheaves, A. Chin, B. Smith, A. Diedrich, J. L. Yick, N. Lubitz, K. Crook, C. Mattone, M. B. Bennett, L. Wojtach, and K. Abrantes. 2022. Scientific response to a cluster of shark bites. People and Nature.   Download 

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Bombieri, G., V. Penteriani, K. Almasieh, H. Ambarlı, M. R. Ashrafzadeh, C. S. Das, N. Dharaiya, R. Hoogesteijn, A. Hoogesteijn, D. Ikanda, W. Jędrzejewski, M. Kaboli, A. Kirilyuk, A. K. Jangid, R. K. Sharma, H. Kushnir, B. R. Lamichhane, A. Mohammadi, O. Monroy-Vilchis, J. M. Mukeka, I. Nikolaev, O. Ohrens, C. Packer, P. Pedrini, S. Ratnayeke, I. Seryodkin, T. Sharp, H. S. Palei, T. Smith, A. Subedi, F. Tortato, K. Yamazaki, and M. d. M. Delgado. 2023. A worldwide perspective on large carnivore attacks on humans. PLOS Biology 21:e3001946.   Download 

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Bota, G., J. Traba, F. Sardà-Palomera, D. Giralt, and C. Pérez-Granados. 2022. Passive acoustic monitoring for estimating human-wildlife conflicts: the case of bee-eaters and apiculture. Ecological Indicators 142:109158.  Download 

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Budd, K., C. Sampson, P. Leimgruber, D. Tonkyn, K. Storey, M. Garrett, and L. S. Eggert. 2021. Population structure and demography of Myanmar's conflict elephants. Global Ecology and Conservation:e01828.  Download 

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Burton, J. 1990. Conflict: basic human needs. International Journal of Peace Studies 6.  External resource

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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

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Charerntantanakul, W., S. Shibata, and C. E. Vincenot. 2023. Amidst nets and typhoons: conservation implications of bat–farmer conflicts on Okinawa Island. Oryx:1-9.   Download 

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Cocimano, M. A., A. S. Nanni, and A. E. Izquierdo. 2021. Co-building knowledge on human-puma conflict: a case study in a village of the Argentine Puna ecoregion. Human Dimensions of Wildlife:1-20.  External resource 

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Cook, P., J. E. Hawes, J. V. Campos-Silva, and C. A. Peres. 2022. Human-wildlife conflicts with crocodilians, cetaceans and otters in the tropics and subtropics. Peerj 9:e12688.  Download 

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Corriveau, A., M. Klaassen, S. T. Garnett, M. Kaestli, M. W. Power, M. Mousavi-Derazmahalleh, M. L. Coghlan, K. Christian, M. Bunce, and H. A. Campbell. 2022. Using dietary metabarcoding analyses to characterise waterbirds–agriculture interactions. Journal of Applied Ecology.  Download 

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Cusack, J. J., T. Bradfer-Lawrence, Z. Baynham-Herd, S. Castelló y Tickell, I. Duporge, H. Hegre, L. Moreno Zárate, V. Naude, S. Nijhawan, J. Wilson, D. G. Zambrano Cortes, and N. Bunnefeld. 2021. Measuring the intensity of conflicts in conservation. Conservation Letters n/a:e12783.  Download

 

Denninger Snyder, K., K. M. Tiedeman, B. J. Barrett, M. Kibwe, R. J. Hijmans, and G. Wittemeyer. 2023. Differentiated drivers in wildlife-induced damage necessitate species-specific mitigation strategies in the western Serengeti, Tanzania. Biological Conservation 285:110202.   Download 

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Deutsch, M. 1973. The resolution of conflict: constructive and destructive processes. Yale University Press.  External resource

 

Dickman, A. J. 2010. Complexities of conflict: the importance of considering social factors for effectively resolving human-wildlife conflict. Animal Conservation 13:458-466.  External resource

 

Ditmer, M. A., G. Wittemyer, K. A. Zeller, S. W. Breck, R. J. Fletcher Jr, and K. R. Crooks. 2023. Predicting dispersal and conflict risk for wolf recolonization in Colorado. Journal of Applied Ecology.   Download 

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Doucey, M. 2011. Understanding the root cases of conflicts: why it matters for international crisis. International Affairs Review XX.  External resource

 

Dukes, F. 1999. Why conflict transformation matters: three cases. Peace and Conflict Studies 6:53-72.  External resource

 

Edelblutte, É., R. Krithivasan, and M. N. Hayek. 2022. Animal agency in wildlife conservation and management. Conservation Biology n/a:e13853.  External resource 

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Ehrhart, S., O. Soliku, and U. Schraml. 2021. Conservation conflicts in the context of protected areas in Ghana and Germany: commonalities, differences and lessons for conflict analysis and management. GeoJournal.  External resource

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Elbroch, L. M., and A. Treves. 2023. Why might removing carnivores maintain or increase risks for domestic animals? Biological Conservation 283:110106.   Download 

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Eriksson, L., M. Johansson, J. Månsson, S. M. Redpath, C. Sandström, and J. Elmberg. 2021. Individuals and multilevel management: a study of the perceived adaptive capacity of the goose management system among farmers in Sweden. Society & Natural Resources:1-19.  Download 

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Esteban, R., A. López, Á. G. de los Rios, M. Ferreira, F. Martinho, P. Méndez-Fernandeza, E. Andréu, J. C. García-Gómez, L. Olaya-Ponzone, R. Espada-Ruiz, F. J. Gil-Vera, C. M. Bernal, E. Garcia-Bellido Capdevila, M. Sequeira, and J. A. Martínez-Cedeira. 2022. Killer whales of the Strait of Gibraltar, an endangered subpopulation showing a disruptive behavior. Marine Mammal Science.  External resource 

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Eustace, A., D. M. Gunda, R. Mremi, J. Sanya, E. Kamili, W. A. Munuo, M. M. Saigilu, E. H. Martin, A. W. Kisingo, and L. Kahana. 2022. Patterns pertaining to crocodile attacks on humans in Tanzania: baseline data to support mitigation measures. Human Ecology.  External resource 

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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 

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Fraser-Celin, V.-L., A. J. Hovorka, and J. J. Silver. 2018. Human conflict over wildlife: exploring social constructions of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in Botswana. Human Dimensions of Wildlife:1-18.  External resource

 

French, L. A., S. R. Midway, D. H. Evans, and G. H. Burgess. 2021. Shark side of the moon: are shark attacks related to lunar phase? Frontiers in Marine Science 8.  Download 

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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 

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Gervasi, V., J. D. C. Linnell, T. Berce, L. Boitani, R. Cerne, P. Ciucci, B. Cretois, D. Derron-Hilfiker, C. Duchamp, A. Gastineau, O. Grente, D. Huber, Y. Iliopoulos, A. A. Karamanlidis, I. Kojola, F. Marucco, Y. Mertzanis, P. Männil, H. Norberg, N. Pagon, L. Pedrotti, P.-Y. Quenette, S. Reljic, V. Salvatori, T. Talvi, M. von Arx, and O. Gimenez. 2021. Ecological correlates of large carnivore depredation on sheep in Europe. Global Ecology and Conservation 30:e01798.  Download 

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Gervasi, V., V. Salvatori, G. Catullo, and P. Ciucci. 2021. Assessing trends in wolf impact on livestock through verified claims in historical vs. recent areas of occurrence in Italy. European Journal of Wildlife Research 67:82.  External resource 

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Gimonkar, Y., M.-A. Lea, P. Burch, J. P. Y. Arnould, M. Sporcic, and P. Tixier. 2022. Quantifying killer whale depredation in the blue-eye trevalla commercial fisheries of south-east Australia. Ocean & Coastal Management 221:106114.  External resource 

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Harris, A.-E., G. Maharaj, M. T. Hallett, M. A. Pierre, C. Chesney, and A. Melville. 2022. Influence of diet overlap and nest-site aggression on human–black caiman conflict in Guyana. Human Dimensions of Wildlife:1-10.   Download 

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Hemminger, K., H. König, J. Månsson, S.-D. Bellingrath-Kimura, and L. Nilsson. 2022. Winners and losers of land use change: a systematic review of interactions between the world’s crane species (Gruidae) and the agricultural sector. Ecology and Evolution 12:e8719.  Download 

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Hendrick, D. 2009. Complexity theory and conflict transformation: an exploration of potential and implications. Centre for Conflict Resolution, Department of Peace Studies, Working Paper 17, June 2009, University of Bradford.  Download

 

Hermira, A. A. C., and F. Michalski. 2022. Crop damage by vertebrates in Latin America: current knowledge and potential future management directions. Peerj 10:e13185.  Download 

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Hicks, T. 2001. Another look at identity‐based conflict: the roots of conflict in the psychology of consciousness. Negotiation Journal 17:35-45.  External resource

 

Hodges, C. W., C. H. Barnes, P. Patungtaro, and C. T. Strine. 2021. Deadly dormmate: a case study on Bungarus candidus living among a student dormitory with implications for human safety. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 2:e12047.  Download 

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Hodgson, I. D., A. Fischer, S. M. Redpath, and J. C. Young. 2022. Fight or flight? Understanding different stakeholder responses to conservation conflicts. Society & Natural Resources:1-18.  Download

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Hodgson, I. D., S. M. Redpath, A. Fischer, and J. Young. 2018. Fighting talk: organisational discourses of the conflict over raptors and grouse moor management in Scotland. Land Use Policy 77:332-343.  External resource

 

Hodgson, I. D., S. M. Redpath, A. Fischer, and J. Young. 2019. Who knows best? Understanding the use of research-based knowledge in conservation conflicts. Journal of Environmental Management 231:1065-1075.  External resource

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Hoel, K., A. Chin, and J. Lau. 2022. Clashing conservation values: the social complexities of shark depredation. Biological Conservation 272:109658.  External resource

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Hoffmann, C. F., and R. A. Montgomery. 2022. Implications of taxonomic bias for human–carnivore conflict mitigation. Oryx:1-10.  Download 

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Hoffmann, C. F., N. W. Pilfold, K. A. Ruppert, A. Letoluai, L. Lenguya, I. Limo, and R. A. Montgomery. 2022. The integral nature of encounter rate in predicting livestock depredation risk. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3.  Download 

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Innes, J. E., and D. E. Booher. 1999. Consensus building and complex adaptive systems. Journal of the American Planning Association 65:412-423.  External resource

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Kalyahe, M. M., H. Hofer, and M. L. East. 2022. Do anthropogenic sources of food increase livestock predation in the area surrounding Ruaha National Park? Environmental Conservation:1-9.  External resource 

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Khorozyan, I., and M. Heurich. 2022. Large-scale sheep losses to wolves (Canis lupus) in Germany are related to the expansion of the wolf population but not to increasing wolf numbers. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10.  Download 

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Kudrenko, S., A. Ordiz, F. Stytsenko, S. L. Barysheva, S. Bartalev, L. Baskin, and J. E. Swenson. 2021. Brown bear-caused human injuries and fatalities in Russia are linked to human encroachment. Animal Conservation.  Download 

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Lacroux, C., B. Robira, N. Kane-Maguire, N. Guma, and S. Krief. 2022. Between forest and croplands: nocturnal behavior in wild chimpanzees of Sebitoli, Kibale National Park, Uganda. Plos One 17:e0268132.   Download 

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Lamb, C. T., L. Smit, G. Mowat, B. McLellan, and M. Proctor. 2023. Unsecured attractants, collisions, and high mortality strain coexistence between grizzly bears and people in the Elk Valley, southeast British Columbia. Conservation Science and Practice n/a:e13012.   Download 

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Lecuyer, L., S. Calmé, B. Schmook, and R. M. White. 2022. Conservation conflict hotspots: mapping impacts, risk perception and tolerance for sustainable conservation management. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3.  Download

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Lederach, J. P., H. Culbertson, and R. Neufeldt. 2007. Reflective peacebuilding: a planning, monitoring and learning toolkit. Joan B. Kroc Inst. for International Peace Studies.  External resource

 

Liu, M., Y. Wang, F. Xia, H. Bu, Y. Liu, X. Shen, and S. Li. 2022. Free-ranging livestock altered the spatiotemporal behavior of the endangered North Chinese leopard (Panthera pardus japonensis) and its prey and intensified human–leopard conflicts. Integrative Zoology.  External resource 

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Lu, Q., L. Xiao, C. Cheng, Z. Lu, J. Zhao, and M. Yao. 2021. Snow leopard dietary preferences and livestock predation revealed by fecal DNA metabarcoding: no evidence for apparent competition between wild and domestic prey. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9.  Download 

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Madden, F. 2004. Creating coexistence between humans and wildlife: global perspectives on local efforts to address human–wildlife conflict. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 9:247-257.  External resource

 

Madden, F., and B. McQuinn. 2014. Conservation's blind spot: the case for conflict transformation in wildlife conservation. Biological Conservation 178:97-106.  Download  

 

Marino, A., and V. Rodríguez. 2022. Competitive exclusion and herbivore management in a context of livestock-wildlife conflict. Austral Ecology.  External resource 

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Matanzima, J., I. Marowa, and T. Nhiwatiwa. 2022. Negative human–crocodile interactions in Kariba, Zimbabwe: data to support potential mitigation strategies. Oryx:1-5.  Download 

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Mateos-González, F., L. Poledník, and K. Poledníková. 2023. European ground squirrels in backyard gardens: identifying and mitigating agricultural conflicts with an endangered species. Animal biodiversity and conservation 46.   Download 

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Mayer, M., K. Olsen, B. Schulz, J. Matzen, C. Nowak, P. F. Thomsen, M. M. Hansen, C. Vedel-Smith, and P. Sunde. 2022. Occurrence and livestock depredation patterns by wolves in highly cultivated landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10.  Download 

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McPherson, S. C., P. Sumasgutner, B. H. Hoffman, B. D. L. Padbury, M. Brown, T. P. Caine, and C. T. Downs. 2021. Surviving the urban jungle: anthropogenic threats, wildlife-conflicts, and management recommendations for African crowned eagles. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9.  Download 

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Mills, K. L., J. L. Belant, M. Beukes, E. Dröge, K. T. Everatt, R. Fyumagwa, D. S. Green, M. W. Hayward, K. E. Holekamp, F. G. T. Radloff, G. Spong, J. P. Suraci, L. K. Van der Weyde, C. C. Wilmers, N. H. Carter, and N. J. Sanders. 2023. Tradeoffs between resources and risks shape the responses of a large carnivore to human disturbance. Communications Biology 6:986.   Download 

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Mitchell, J. D., J. M. Drymon, J. Vardon, P. G. Coulson, C. A. Simpfendorfer, S. B. Scyphers, S. M. Kajiura, K. Hoel, S. Williams, K. L. Ryan, A. Barnett, M. R. Heupel, A. Chin, M. Navarro, T. Langlois, M. J. Ajemian, E. Gilman, E. Prasky, and G. Jackson. 2022. Shark depredation: future directions in research and management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries.   Download

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Montero-Botey, M., and R. Perea. 2022. An increasing human-elephant conflict? Impact of African elephant on cultivated cashew trees. European Journal of Wildlife Research 69:5.   External resource 

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Neo, W. H. Y., M. I. Lubis, and J. S. H. Lee. 2022. Settlements and plantations are sites of human–tiger interactions in Riau, Indonesia. Oryx:1-5.   Download 

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Niella, Y., V. M. Peddemors, M. Green, A. F. Smoothey, and R. Harcourt. 2021. A “wicked problem” reconciling human-shark conflict, shark bite mitigation, and threatened species. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2.  Download 

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Ordiz, A., D. Canestrari, and J. Echegaray. 2022. Wolf conservation and management in Spain, an open debate. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10.  Download 

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Redpath, S. A., B. E. Arroyo, E. M. Leckie, P. Bacon, N. Bayfield, R. J. Gutierrez, and S. J. Thirgood. 2004. Using decision modeling with stakeholders to reduce human-wildlife conflict: a raptor-grouse case study. Conservation Biology 18:350-359.  External resource

 

Redpath, S. M., J. Young, A. Evely, W. M. Adams, W. J. Sutherland, A. Whitehouse, A. Amar, R. A. Lambert, J. D. C. Linnell, A. Watt, and R. J. Gutierrez. 2013. Understanding and managing conservation conflicts. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 28:100-109.  External resource

 

Pahuja, M., and R. K. Sharma. 2021. Wild predators, livestock, and free ranging dogs: patterns of livestock mortality and attitudes of people toward predators in an urbanizing Trans-Himalayan landscape. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2.  Download 

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Salvatori, V., E. Balian, J. C. Blanco, P. Ciucci, L. Demeter, T. Hartel, K. Marsden, S. M. Redpath, Y. von Korff, and J. C. Young. 2020. Applying participatory processes to address conflicts over the conservation of large carnivores: understanding conditions for successful management. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8.  External resource

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Sandroni, L. T., K. M. P. M. de Barros Ferraz, S. Marchini, A. Percequillo, R. Coates, R. M. Paolino, Y. Barros, M. Landis, Y. G. G. Ribeiro, and L. P. Munhoes. 2022. Stakeholder mapping as a transdisciplinary exercise for jaguar conservation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Conservation Science and Practice n/a:e12651.  Download

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Serenari C, Othman N binti, Yadav K, Rubino E, Goossens B. 2025. Investigating Blame for Human-Wildlife Conflict: Reason Conditions for Human-Elephant Conflict in Borneo. Tropical Conservation Science, 18. External resource

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Sharp, T. R., T. S. Smith, S. Swaminathan, and A. S. Arun. 2022. Sloth bear attacks: regional differences and safety messaging. Scientific Reports 12:3943.  Download 

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Soofi, M., A. T. Qashqaei, M. Mousavi, E. Hadipour, M. Filla, B. H. Kiabi, B. Bleyhl, A. Ghoddousi, N. Balkenhol, A. Royle, C. R. Pavey, I. Khorozyan, and M. Waltert. 2022. Quantifying the relationship between prey density, livestock and illegal killing of leopards. Journal of Applied Ecology.  Download 

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Troudet, J., Grandcolas, P., Blin, A. et al. 2017. Taxonomic bias in biodiversity data and societal preferences. Sci Rep 7:9132. Download

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van Houdt, S., and L. W. Traill. 2022. A synthesis of human conflict with an African megaherbivore; the common hippopotamus. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3.  Download 

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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 

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White, P. A., and B. Van Valkenburgh. 2022. Low-cost forensics reveal high rates of non-lethal snaring and shotgun injuries in Zambia's large carnivores. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3.  Download 

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Young, J. C., K. Searle, A. Butler, P. Simmons, A. D. Watt, and A. Jordan. 2016. The role of trust in the resolution of conservation conflicts. Biological Conservation 195:196-202.  External resource

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Young, J. C., D. B. A. Thompson, P. Moore, A. MacGugan, A. Watt, and S. M. Redpath. 2016. A conflict management tool for conservation agencies. Journal of Applied Ecology 53:705-711.  External resource

 

Young, J. C., J. R. Young, and B. A. Aubert. 2022. Insights from diplomacy for the prevention and resolution of conservation conflicts. Conservation Letters:e12891.  Download

 

Zimmermann, A., B. McQuinn, and D. W. Macdonald. 2020. Levels of conflict over wildlife: understanding and addressing the right problem. Conservation Science and Practice:e259.  Download

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Zuluaga, S., F. H. Vargas, S. Kohn, and J. M. Grande. 2021. Top-down local management, perceived contribution to people, and actual detriments influence a rampant human‒top predator conflict in the Neotropics. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation.  Download