Human dimensions

Álvarez, H. G., and G. Zapata-Ríos. 2021. Do social factors influence perceptions of the jaguar Panthera onca in Ecuador? Oryx:1-8.  Download 

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Baker, L. R., I. A. Radda, V. N. Teneke, E. Kadala, R. X. Sturdivant, and G. A. Madwatte. 2022. Factors influencing acceptance of hippopotamus at a large reservoir in Nigeria. Conservation 2:662-681.  Download 

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Basak, S. M., E. Rostovskaya, J. Birks, and I. A. Wierzbowska. 2023. Perceptions and attitudes to understand human-wildlife conflict in an urban landscape – a systematic review. Ecological Indicators 151:110319.   Download 

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Beall, J. M., L. D. Pharr, R. von Furstenberg, A. Barber, W. R. Casola, A. Vaughn, M. N. Peterson, and L. R. Larson. 2022. The influence of YouTube videos on human tolerance of sharks. Animal Conservation.  Download 

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Bennett, N. J., R. Roth, S. C. Klain, K. Chan, P. Christie, D. A. Clark, G. Cullman, D. Curran, T. J. Durbin, G. Epstein, A. Greenberg, M. P. Nelson, J. Sandlos, R. Stedman, T. L. Teel, R. Thomas, D. Veríssimo, and C. Wyborn. 2017. Conservation social science: understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation. Biological Conservation 205:93-108.  Download

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​Blossey, B., and D. Hare. 2022. Myths, wishful thinking, and accountability in predator conservation and management in the United States. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3.  Download 

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Börger, T., K. Mmonwa, and D. Campbell. 2023. Hazardous human–wildlife encounters, risk attitudes, and the value of shark nets for coastal recreation. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.   Download 

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Bracken, A. M., C. Christensen, M. J. O’Riain, G. Fehlmann, M. D. Holton, P. W. Hopkins, I. Fürtbauer, and A. J. King. 2021. Socioecology explains individual variation in urban space use in response to management in Cape chacma baboons (Papio ursinus). International Journal of Primatology.  Download 

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Bruskotter, J. T., A. Singh, D. C. Fulton, and K. Slagle. 2015. Assessing tolerance for wildlife: clarifying relations between concepts and measures. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 20:255-270.  External resource

 

Bruskotter, J. T., and R. S. Wilson. 2014. Determining where the wild things will be: using psychological theory to find tolerance for large carnivores. Conservation Letters 7:158-165.  Download

 

Caiza-Villegas, A., F. Ginn, and B. van Hoven. 2023. Learning to live with synanthropic bats: practices of tolerance and care in domestic space. Social & Cultural Geography:1-19.   Download 

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Carlisle, K. M., H. E. Ellis, L. M. Jaebker, and A. D. Bright. 2022. Producers’ perceptions of large carnivores and nonlethal methods to protect livestock from depredation: findings from a multistate federal initiative. Human Dimensions of Wildlife:1-4.  External resource 

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Carlson, S. C., A. M. Dietsch, K. M. Slagle, and J. T. Bruskotter. 2022. Effect of semantics in the study of tolerance for wolves. Conservation Biology.  External resource 

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Carter, N. H., S. J. Riley, and J. Liu. 2012. Utility of a psychological framework for carnivore conservation. Oryx 46:525-535.  External resource

 

Casselberry, G. A., E. M. Markowitz, K. Alves, J. Dello Russo, G. B. Skomal, and A. J. Danylchuk. 2022. When fishing bites: understanding angler responses to shark depredation. Fisheries Research 246:106174.  External resource 

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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 

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Corcoran, W., and B. Fisher. 2021. Life with big cats: local perceptions of big cat species. Animal Conservation.  External resource 

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Cummings, A. R. 2021. An exploratory analysis of stakeholders and their influence on human–jaguar conflict in Guyana. Human Dimensions of Wildlife:1-9.  External resource 

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Davis, K. J., J. Alfaro-Shigueto, W. N. S. Arlidge, M. Burton, J. C. Mangel, M. Mills, E. J. Milner-Gulland, J. Palma-Duque, C. Romero-de-Diego, and S. Gelcich. 2021. Local disconnects in global discourses—The unintended consequences of marine mammal protection on small-scale fishers. Conservation Letters n/a:e12835.  Download 

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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

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de Silva, S., K. Ruppert, J. Knox, E. O. Davis, U. S. Weerathunga, and J. A. Glikman. 2023. Experiences and emotional responses of farming communities living with Asian elephants in southern Sri Lanka. Trees, Forests and People:100441.   Download 

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Delie, J., M. D. Needham, and K. Biedenweg. 2022. Modeling cognitive antecedents of tolerance for black bears: the roles of direct experience, knowledge, and risk perceptions. Human Dimensions of Wildlife:1-21.  External resource 

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Delie, J., J. Edwards, and K. Biedenweg. 2022. Using psychometrics to characterize the cognitive antecedents of tolerance for black bears. Human Dimensions of Wildlife:1-18.  External resource 

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Flores, C., G. Lichtenstein, and A. Schiavini. 2023. Human–wildlife conflicts in Patagonia: ranchers’ perceptions of guanaco Lama guanicoe abundance. Oryx:1-11.   Download ​

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Flykt, A., A. Eklund, J. Frank, and M. Johansson. 2022. “Landscape of stress” for sheep owners in the Swedish wolf region. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10.  Download 

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Freeman, S., B. Lawhon, P. Newman, and B. Derrick Taff. 2021. Food storage on the Appalachian trail: a theory of planned behavior approach to understanding backpacker bear canister use. Journal of Interpretation Research 26:73-95.  External resource 

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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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Giovos, I., A. Barash, M. Barone, C. Barría, D. Borme, C. Brigaudeau, A. Charitou, C. Brito, J. Currie, M. Dornhege, L. Endrizzi, K. Forsberg, A. Jung, P. Kleitou, A. MacDiarmid, D. K. Moutopoulos, S. Nakagun, J. Neves, F. L. D. Nunes, D. Schröder, R. H. Thurstan, M. Tull, S. Tuncer, and C. Mazzoldi. 2021. Understanding the public attitude towards sharks for improving their conservation. Marine Policy 134:104811.  External resource 

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Gomez, J., N. van Vliet, and N. Canales. 2022. The values of wildlife revisited. Ecology and Society 27.   Download 

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Hahn, N. R., J. Wall, K. Denninger-Snyder, M. Goss, W. Sairowua, N. Mbise, A. B. Estes, S. Ndambuki, E. E. Mjingo, I. Douglas-Hamiliton, and G. Wittemyer. 2021. Risk perception and tolerance shape variation in agricultural use for a transboundary elephant population. Journal of Animal Ecology.  External resource 

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Haidt, A., R. Gawryś, and M. Szewczyk. 2021. Human decision-making as a key factor in the risk of wolf–dog interactions during outdoor activities. Animals 11:2497.  Download 

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Heberlein, T. A. 2012. Navigating environmental attitudes. Conservation Biology 26:583-585.  Download

 

Heisel, S. E., E. King, F. Lekanta, F. Lemoile, C. Ryan, I. Lemerketo, S. Sundaresan, E. Malsbury, and B. Bruyere. 2021. Assessing ecological knowledge, perceived agency, and motivations regarding wildlife and wildlife conservation in Samburu, Kenya. Biological Conservation 262:109305.  External resource 

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Herrero, J., A. García-Serrano, R. Reiné, V. Ferrer, R. Azón, J. V. López-Bao, and G. Palomero. 2021. Challenges for recovery of large carnivores in humanized countries: attitudes and knowledge of sheep farmers towards brown bear in Western Pyrenees, Spain. European Journal of Wildlife Research 67:105.  Download 

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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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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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Htay, T., T. H. Ringsby, E. Røskaft, and P. S. Ranke. 2022. Promoting bird conservation in wetland-associated landscapes: factors influencing avian crop damage and farmers’ attitudes. Global Ecology and Conservation 38:e02212.  Download 

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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

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Jacobsen, K. S., and J. D. C. Linnell. 2016. Perceptions of environmental justice and the conflict surrounding large carnivore management in Norway - implications for conflict management. Biological Conservation 203:197-206.  External resource

 

Jain, V., and K. K. Karanth. 2023. Living alongside otters: examining human-otter interactions and attitudes towards otters in Central India for conservation in shared landscapes. Biodiversity and Conservation.   External resource 

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Jürgens, U. M., M. Grinko, A. Szameitat, L. Hieber, R. Fischbach, and M. Hunziker. 2023. Managing wolves is managing narratives: views of wolves and nature shape people’s proposals for navigating human-wolf relations. Human Ecology.   Download 

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Kansky, R., M. Kidd, and A. T. Knight. 2016. A wildlife tolerance model and case study for understanding human-wildlife conflicts. Biological Conservation 201:137-145.  External resource  

 

Kansky, R., M. Kidd, and A. T. Knight. 2016. A wildlife tolerance model and case study for understanding human-wildlife conflicts. Biological Conservation 201:137-145.  External resource

 

Karanth, K. K., and S. Kudalkar. 2017. History, location, and species matter: insights for human–wildlife conflict mitigation from India. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 22:331-346.  External resource

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Kelly, S. J., J. S. Kelly, E. Gardner, J. Baker, C. Monk, and A. Julian. 2023. Improving attitudes towards adders (Vipera berus) and nature connectedness in primary-age group children. People and Nature.   Download 

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Kontsiotis, V. J., A. Rapti, and V. Liordos. 2022. Public attitudes towards venomous and non-venomous snakes. Science of The Total Environment:154918.   External resource 

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Larsson, S., S. O. Larsson, J. Bennett, and A. Sjölander-Lindqvist. 2022. Contextualizing negative attitudes to wildlife and wildlife governance in the moral economy of Swedish farmers. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3.   Download

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Le Busque, B., P. Roetman, J. Dorrian, and C. Litchfield. 2021. Investigating attitudes toward sharks in Australia. Anthrozoos:1-12.  External resource 

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LeFlore, E. G., Fuller, T. K., Tomeletso, M., Dimbindo, T. C., & Stein, A. B. 2020. Human dimensions of human–lion conflict: A pre- and post-assessment of a lion conservation programme in the Okavango Delta Botswana. Environmental Conservation, 47(3):182–189. External resource​ 

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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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Lehnen, L., U. Arbieu, K. Böhning-Gaese, S. Díaz, J. A. Glikman, and T. Mueller. 2022. Rethinking individual relationships with entities of nature. People and Nature.  Download

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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 

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Luetkemeier, R., R. Kraus, M. Mbidzo, M. Hauptfleisch, S. Liehr, and N. Blaum. 2023. A qualitative exploration of conflicts in human-wildlife interactions in Namibia's Kunene Region. Diversity 15:440.   Download 

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Manfredo, M. J., J. T. Bruskotter, T. L. Teel, D. Fulton, S. H. Schwartz, R. Arlinghaus, S. Oishi, A. K. Uskul, K. Redford, S. Kitayama, and L. Sullivan. 2017. Why social values cannot be changed for the sake of conservation. Conservation Biology 31:772-780.  Download

 

Manfredo, M. J., and A. A. Dayer. 2004. Concepts for exploring the social aspects of human–wildlife conflict in a global context. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 9:1-20.  External resource

 

Manfredo, M. J., L. Sullivan, A. W. Don Carlos, A. M. Dietsch, T. L. Teel, A. D. Bright, and J. T. Bruskotter. 2018. America's wildlife values: the social context of wildlife management in the U.S., Colorado State University, Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Fort Collins, CO.  Download  

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Manfredo, M. J., R. E. Berl, T. L. Teel, and J. T. Bruskotter. 2021. Bringing social values to wildlife conservation decisions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.  Download

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Marchini, S., K. M. P. M. B. Ferraz, V. Foster, T. Reginato, A. Kotz, Y. Barros, A. Zimmermann, and D. W. Macdonald. 2021. Planning for human-wildlife coexistence: conceptual framework, workshop process, and a model for transdisciplinary collaboration. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2.  Download

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Martin, C. L., B. Curley, K. Wolfenden, M. Green, and N. A. Moltschaniwskyj. 2022. The social dimension to the New South Wales Shark Management Strategy, 2015–2020, Australia: lessons learned. Marine Policy 141:105079.   Download 

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Montero Botey, M., M. Soliño, R. Perea, and M. Martínez-Jauregui. 2022. Let us give voice to local farmers: preferences for farm-based strategies to enhance human-elephant coexistence in Africa. Animals 12:1867.  Download 

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Matema, S., and J. A. Andersson. 2015. Why are lions killing us? Human–wildlife conflict and social discontent in Mbire District, northern Zimbabwe. The Journal of Modern African Studies 53:93-120.  External resource

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Mathiesen, K. E., M. Barmoen, K. M. Bærum, and M. Johansson. 2021. Trust in researchers and researchers' statements in large carnivore conservation. People and Nature.  Download 

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Nettles, J. M., M. T. Brownlee, and D. Jachowski. 2021. American residents' knowledge of brown bear safety and appropriate human behavior. Ursus 32:1-16.  External resource 

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Ostermann-Miyashita, E.-F., N. Pernat, H. J. König, K. Hemminger, N. Gandl, S. D. Bellingrath-Kimura, S. Hibler, and C. Kiffner. 2023. Attitudes of wildlife park visitors towards returning wildlife species: an analysis of patterns and correlates. Biological Conservation 278:109878.   Download 

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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 

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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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Parker, B. G., K. S. Jacobsen, J. A. Vucetich, A. J. Dickman, A. J. Loveridge, and D. W. Macdonald. 2022. Towards equitable conservation: social capital, fear and livestock loss shape perceived benefit from a protected area. Journal of Environmental Management 319:115676.  Download 

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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 

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Perry, L. R., T. P. Moorhouse, K. Jacobsen, A. J. Loveridge, and D. W. Macdonald. 2022. More than a feeling: cognitive beliefs and positive—but not negative—affect predict overall attitudes toward predators. Conservation Science and Practice n/a:e584.  Download

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Peterson, M. N., J. L. Birckhead, K. Leong, M. J. Peterson, and T. R. Peterson. 2010. Rearticulating the myth of human-wildlife conflict. Conservation Letters 3:74-82.  Download

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Piaopiao, T., K. Ramesh Suryawanshi, X. Lingyun, C. Mishra, L. Zhi, and J. Shanti Alexander. 2022. Factors shaping the tolerance of local Tibetan herders toward snow leopards. Journal for Nature Conservation:126305.   External resource 

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Pierre, M. A., K. S. Jacobsen, M. T. Hallett, A.-E. M. Harris, A. Melville, H. Barnabus, and C. Sillero-Zubiri. 2023. Drivers of human–black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) conflict in Indigenous communities in the North Rupununi wetlands, southwestern Guyana. Conservation Science and Practice 5:e12848.   Download 

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Plotnik, J. M., and S. L. Jacobson. 2022. A “thinking animal” in conflict: studying wild elephant cognition in the shadow of anthropogenic change. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 46:101148.  External resource 

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Preece, N. 2023. Spectacled Flying-fox conflicts—tucker, totem, taunt and threat. Integrative Conservation.   Download 

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Ramos, K. L., R. Machado, C. Zapelini, L. C. de Castilho, and A. Schiavetti. 2023. Knowledge, attitudes and behavioural intentions of gillnet fishermen towards the South American sea lion in two marine protected areas in southern Brazil. Ocean & Coastal Management 242:106673.   External resource 

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Ryan, L. A., D. J. Slip, L. Chapuis, S. P. Collin, E. Gennari, J. M. Hemmi, M. J. How, C. Huveneers, V. M. Peddemors, L. Tosetto, and N. S. Hart. 2021. A shark's eye view: testing the 'mistaken identity theory' behind shark bites on humans. Journal of The Royal Society Interface 18:20210533.  External resource 

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Sandbrook, C., W. M. Adams, B. Büscher, and B. Vira. 2013. Social research and biodiversity conservation. Conservation Biology 27:1487-1490.  External resource

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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 

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​Shahi, K., S. Aryal, R. K. Blon, and G. Khanal. 2023. Examining livestock depredation and the determinants of people's attitudes towards snow leopards in the Himalayas of Nepal. Oryx:1-8.   Download 

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Siemer, W. F., T. B. Lauber, R. C. Stedman, J. E. Hurst, C. C. Sun, A. K. Fuller, N. A. Hollingshead, J. L. Belant, and K. F. Kellner. 2023. Perception and trust influence acceptance for black bears more than bear density or conflicts. Frontiers in Conservation Science 4.   Download 

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Slagle, K. M., R. S. Wilson, and J. T. Bruskotter. 2022. Tolerance for wolves in the United States. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10.   Download 

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Soga, M., and K. J. Gaston. 2022. The dark side of nature experience: typology, dynamics and implications of negative sensory interactions with nature. People and Nature.  Download 

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Soga, M., and K. J. Gaston. 2021. Towards a unified understanding of human–nature interactions. Nature Sustainability.  External resource 

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Straka, T. M., J. Coleman, E. A. Macdonald, and T. Kingston. 2021. Human dimensions of bat conservation – 10 recommendations to improve and diversify studies of human-bat interactions. Biological Conservation 262:109304.  External resource 

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Teel, T. L., M. Adams, A. W. Don Carlos, M. A. Bonnell, and S. W. Breck. 2022. A mixed-methods social psychology application evaluating the role of citizen science in mitigating human-wildlife conflict. Society & Animals:1-24.  Download 

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Thomsen, J. M., E. C. Metcalf, K. Coe, and A. R. Ocañas. 2022. Thru-hikers’ attitudes about potential management actions for interactions with grizzly bears along the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism 39:100557.  External resource 

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Torrents-Ticó, M., F. Broekhuis, D. Burgas, M. Cabeza, E. Miliko, T. T. Komoi, and Á. Fernández-Llamazares. 2023. Using the centre-periphery framework to explore human-carnivore relations. Biological Conservation 283:110125.   Download 

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Treves, A., and J. Bruskotter. 2014. Tolerance for predatory wildlife. Science 344:476.  External resource

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Uduman, A., S. Hagerman, E. Kroc, A. Watson, A. Kittle, and A. C. Burton. 2021. Attitudes towards the Sri Lankan leopard Panthera pardus kotiya in two rural communities. Oryx:1-9.  Download 

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Usman, M. F., S. Le Bel, P. Grimaud, and M. Reinhardt Nielsen. 2023. Evaluating the determinants of wildlife tolerance in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area in Zimbabwe. Journal for Nature Conservation:126466.   Download 

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Uyeda, L. T., Ardiantiono, E. Iskandar, A. J. Wirsing, and R. C. Kyes. 2022. Snakebite envenomation, attitudes, and behavior toward snakes in Banten, Indonesia. Animals 12:2051.  Download 

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van Dooren, T., C. J. Price, P. B. Banks, O. Berger-Tal, M. Chrulew, J. Johnson, G. Lajeunesse, K. E. Lynch, C. McArthur, F. C. G. Parker, M. Oakey, B. J. Pitcher, C. C. St. Clair, G. Ward-Fear, S. Widin, B. B. M. Wong, and D. T. Blumstein. 2023. The ethics of intervening in animal behaviour for conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 38:822-830.   Download 

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Vaske, J., S. Pallazza, C. A. Miller, and B. Williams. 2021. Attitudes, emotions, and acceptance of wolf management in Illinois. Human Dimensions of Wildlife:1-12.  External resource 

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Vaughn, A. K., L. R. Larson, M. N. Peterson, and L. B. Pacifici. 2022. Factors associated with human tolerance of snakes in the southeastern United States. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3.  Download 

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Vikas, M., V. Athreya, and S. Limaye. 2022. Changing a leopard's spots or how people spot leopards? Managing human – leopard interactions in urban India. World Development Perspectives:100431.  External resource 

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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 

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Vucetich, J. A., D. Burnham, E. A. Macdonald, J. T. Bruskotter, S. Marchini, A. Zimmermann, and D. W. Macdonald. 2018. Just conservation: what is it and should we pursue it? Biological Conservation 221:23-33.  Download

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Yeshey, R. M. Ford, R. J. Keenan, and C. R. Nitschke. 2022. Subsistence farmers understanding of the effects of indirect impacts of human wildlife conflict on their psychosocial well-being in Bhutan. Sustainability 14:14050.   Download 

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Zhou, X.-H., W. Zhang, D.-Y. Tang, Z. Miao, Q. Wang, and D. C. MacMillan. 2023. A quantitative analysis of public preferences for the wild boar management in urban and rural China. Global Ecology and Conservation 41:e02353.   Download