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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jason S. Hagani, Sara M. Kross, Michael Clark, Rae Wynn-Grant, Mary Blair
Summary: Black bears are a common and iconic species in the US, but negative interactions with humans can hinder conservation efforts. In the Catskills region of New York, over 400 conflicts between people and bears are reported each year, primarily due to poor trash management. Research shows that conflicts are more likely to occur in residential areas at the urban-wildland interface.
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Don W. Hardeman Jr, Hannah B. Vander Zanden, J. Walter McCown, Brian K. Scheick, Robert A. McCleery
Summary: Growing human populations and development have led to increased conflicts between humans and carnivores, especially bears. Wildlife managers often remove bears from developed areas under the assumption that they will become food conditioned and more likely to cause conflicts. However, our study using isotopic values of bear hair found that the presence of bears in developed areas does not necessarily indicate food conditioning. Therefore, assumptions about bears in developed areas should not be made based solely on observations of their behavior.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Joshua P. Twining, Vanessa L. Springer, Evan G. Cooch, Angela K. Fuller
Summary: Habitat conversion to agriculture and overexploitation of wildlife are the main drivers of biodiversity loss globally. However, for many species, we lack sufficient data on key threats and drivers of abundance. In this study, we use camera trap surveys to investigate the habitat associations and potential threats faced by the tayra, a medium-sized carnivore, in the Ecuadorian Andes.
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
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Biodiversity Conservation
L. Mark Elbroch, Adrian Treves
Summary: Human-carnivore conflict is still characterized by lethal control, even while some evidence suggests that carnivore removal may not affect the likelihood of future livestock predation, or that it may even exacerbate the problem. Here we propose five non-exclusive, and likely additive, hypotheses for why lethal removals could fail to mitigate livestock-carnivore conflict. We also propose a methodological change in the scale of conflict analyses from populations to smaller social networks, and encourage public education that includes discussions about the potential consequences for communities with livestock following the killing of carnivores, in addition to broader outreach about both the costs and benefits of living with carnivores.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
John F. Benson, Kyle D. Dougherty, Paul Beier, Walter M. Boyce, Bogdan Cristescu, Daniel J. Gammons, David K. Garcelon, J. Mark Higley, Quinton E. Martins, Anna C. Nisi, Seth P. D. Riley, Jeff A. Sikich, Thomas R. Stephenson, T. Winston Vickers, Greta M. Wengert, Christopher C. Wilmers, Heiko U. Wittmer, Justin A. Dellinger
Summary: Mitigating human-caused mortality for large carnivores is a global challenge for wildlife conservation. This study quantified mortality for mountain lions in California and found that human-caused mortality, mainly from conflict management and vehicles, exceeded natural mortality. It also revealed that human-caused mortality is additive to natural mortality and can reduce population-level survival even when mountain lions are protected from hunting.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Cassandre C. Venumiere-Lefebvre, Stewart W. Breck, Kevin R. Crooks
Summary: This study provides a global perspective on human-carnivore coexistence by analyzing literature published between 1987 and 2020. It found that the term coexistence is often used without a clear definition, with a focus on carnivore ecology and a lack of attention to social conflict. The study also revealed the dominance of European and North American authors and a bias towards larger carnivores. The authors propose a simplified definition of coexistence and encourage researchers to explore the social dimensions and broaden their study scope.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2022)
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Ecology
Igor Khorozyan, Marco Heurich
Summary: Recovery of the wolf population in Germany has led to conflicts arising from livestock depredation, particularly sheep losses. However, the primary factors influencing these losses are the state, year, and available sheep numbers, rather than the actual wolf population size. The study recommends focusing on non-lethal interventions, monitoring enforcement, and promoting wolf tolerance as part of Germany's wolf conservation policy.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Rocio A. Pozo, Eric G. LeFlore, A. Bradley Duthie, Nils Bunnefeld, Isabel L. Jones, Jeroen Minderman, O. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo, Jeremy J. Cusack
Summary: The study analyzed the spatiotemporal patterns of impacts on agricultural livelihoods by multiple wildlife species in the eastern Okavango Delta Panhandle in northern Botswana. Different species were found to pose distinct challenges to local communities at different times of the year, highlighting the importance of designing conservation interventions to address conflicts and protect biodiversity.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
T. J. Clark, Mark Hebblewhite
Summary: Predator removal experiments have shown a 13% increase in ungulate demographic responses, particularly in young individuals, but the effects on adult survival and abundance are less clear. Experimental design factors play a role in the uncertainty of ungulate responses to predator removal, and there is evidence of publication bias favoring studies with positive results. More rigorous experimental practices are recommended, especially for endangered species where predator removal may have a more significant impact.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Joanna Klees van Bommel, Catherine Sun, Adam T. Ford, Melissa Todd, A. Cole Burton
Summary: The urban-wildland interface is expanding and increasing the risk of human-wildlife conflict. In this study, we investigated black bear habitat use in a North American hotspot of conflict and found that bears modify their behaviors by avoiding humans in space and time, but conflicts still occur in summer and autumn.
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Biodiversity Conservation
R. Khosravi, H. Y. Wan, M. R. Sadeghi, S. A. Cushman
Summary: This study used species distribution models and connectivity models to identify habitats and corridors with high risk of brown bear damages in southwestern Iran. Landscape composition and configuration were found to have effects on the predicted conflict hotspots. The results highlight the importance of considering landscape configuration and corridors in carnivore conservation planning to reduce the risk of carnivore-inflicted damages.
ANIMAL CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Charlotte E. Hacker, Matthew Jevit, Shafqat Hussain, Ghulam Muhammad, Bariushaa Munkhtsog, Bayaraa Munkhtsog, Yuguang Zhang, Diqiang Li, Yanlin Liu, John D. Farrington, Farida Balbakova, Azat Alamanov, Omurbek Kurmanaliev, Chimeddorj Buyanaa, Gantulga Bayandonoi, Munkhtogtokh Ochirjav, Xuchang Liang, Xiaoxing Bian, Byron Weckworth, Rodney Jackson, Jan E. Janecka
Summary: The study applied next-generation sequencing technology to analyze the diet of snow leopards using DNA metabarcoding, revealing a diverse range of prey species consumed, including both wild and domestic animals. Results showed that regionally specific wild prey play a crucial role in sustaining snow leopard populations, although livestock also make up a significant portion of their diet in certain areas.
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
S. Kudrenko, A. Ordiz, F. Stytsenko, S. L. Barysheva, S. Bartalev, L. Baskin, J. E. Swenson
Summary: The study shows the link between habitat degradation and human-wildlife conflict, specifically in relation to increased road density and brown bear-caused human casualties in Russia. In European Russia, casualties were correlated with bear population size and the presence of Siberian pine, while in Siberia, they were associated with road density and the presence of Siberian pine. This highlights the importance of understanding the interacting effects of habitat change and large carnivore coexistence in forest ecosystems.
ANIMAL CONSERVATION
(2022)
Article
Ecology
John M. Nettles, Matthew T. J. Brownlee, Jeffrey C. Hallo, David S. Jachowski, Ryan L. Sharp
Summary: The popularity of wildlife viewing, particularly of brown bears, is increasing rapidly in North America. As human and brown bear populations expand and overlap, there is a heightened possibility of interactions and negative encounters. Emotions play a significant role in human behavior during bear encounters, with fear and hostility affecting decision-making in the moment.
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Joseph M. Northrup, Eric Howe, Jeremy Inglis, Erica Newton, Martyn E. Obbard, Bruce Pond, Derek Potter
Summary: Human-wildlife conflict can lead to declines in wildlife populations and endanger human safety and livelihoods. This study focused on the conflict between humans and American black bears in Ontario, Canada, examining the effectiveness of implementing a spring hunting season to reduce conflict. The results showed that while harvest increased with the new season, there was no reduction in interactions or incidents, and these were actually higher in areas with the new season. It was also found that human-bear interactions, incidents, and harvest were strongly influenced by the availability of natural foods. Thus, programs promoting coexistence and managing unnatural food sources are the most effective in reducing conflicts.
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rebecca Jordan, Steven Gray, Moira Zellner, Pierre D. Glynn, Alexey Voinov, Beatrice Hedelin, Eleanor J. Sterling, Kirsten Leong, Laura Schmitt Olabisi, Klaus Hubacek, Pierre Bommel, Todd K. BenDor, Antonie J. Jetter, Bethany Laursen, Alison Singer, Philippe J. Giabbanelli, Nagesh Kolagani, Laura Basco Carrera, Karen Jenni, Christina Prell
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Eugenia Naro-Maciel, Felicity Arengo, Peter Galante, Erin Vintinner, Katherine E. Holmes, George Balazs, Eleanor J. Sterling
ENDANGERED SPECIES RESEARCH
(2018)
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Environmental Sciences
Eleanor J. Sterling, Moira Zellner, Karen E. Jenni, Kirsten Leong, Pierre D. Glynn, Todd K. BenDor, Pierre Bommel, Klaus Hubacek, Antonie J. Jetter, Rebecca Jordan, Laura Schmitt Olabisi, Michael Paolisso, Steven Gray
ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
(2019)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Steven Gray, Eleanor J. Sterling, Payam Aminpour, Lissy Goralnik, Alison Singer, Cynthia Wei, Sharon Akabas, Rebecca C. Jordan, Philippe J. Giabbanelli, Jennifer Hodbod, Erin Betley, Patricia Norris
Article
Environmental Sciences
Amrita Neelakantan, Ruth DeFries, Eleanor Sterling, Shahid Naeem
REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
(2020)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Eleanor J. Sterling, Pua'ala Pascua, Amanda Sigouin, Nadav Gazit, Lisa Mandle, Erin Betley, John Aini, Simon Albert, Sophie Caillon, Jennifer E. Caselle, Samantha H. Cheng, Joachim Claudet, Rachel Dacks, Emily S. Darling, Chris Filardi, Stacy D. Jupiter, Alexander Mawyer, Manuel Mejia, Kanoe'ulalani Morishige, Winifereti Nainoca, John Parks, Jamie Tanguay, Tamara Ticktin, Ron Vave, Veronica Wase, Supin Wongbusarakum, Joe McCarter
SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
(2020)
Letter
Ecology
Bea Maas, Kathleen E. Grogan, Yolanda Chirango, Nyeema Harris, Luisa Fernanda Lievano-Latorre, Krista L. McGuire, Alexandria C. Moore, Carolina Ocampo-Ariza, Monica Marie Palta, Ivette Perfecto, Richard B. Primack, Kirsten Rowell, Lilian Sales, Rejane Santos-Silva, Rafaela Aparecida Silva, Eleanor J. Sterling, Raisa R. S. Vieira, Carina Wyborn, Anne Toomey
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Christian J. Rivera, Suzanne K. Macey, Mary E. Blair, Eleanor J. Sterling
Summary: This study assesses the ecological and social dimensions of success of an internationally acclaimed CBCRM program in the Peruvian Amazon, finding stakeholders' perceptions of managed turtle population growth diverging from ecological analyses. The program faces barriers to sustainability, including a recent decrease in foreign demand for the traded resource.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Ioan Fazey, Niko Schapke, Guido Caniglia, Anthony Hodgson, Ian Kendrick, Christopher Lyon, Glenn Page, James Patterson, Chris Riedy, Tim Strasser, Stephan Verveen, David Adams, Bruce Goldstein, Matthias Klaes, Graham Leicester, Alison Linyard, Adrienne McCurdy, Paul Ryan, Bill Sharpe, Giorgia Silvestri, Ali Yansyah Abdurrahim, David Abson, Olufemi Samson Adetunji, Paulina Aldunce, Carlos Alvarez-Pereira, Jennifer Marie Amparo, Helene Amundsen, Lakin Anderson, Lotta Andersson, Michael Asquith, Karoline Augenstein, Jack Barrie, David Bent, Julia Bentz, Arvid Bergsten, Carol Berzonsky, Olivia Bina, Kirsty Blackstock, Joanna Boehnert, Hilary Bradbury, Christine Brand, Jessica Bohme, Marianne Mille Bojer, Esther Carmen, Lakshmi Charli-Joseph, Sarah Choudhury, Supot Chunhachoti-ananta, Jessica Cockburn, John Colvin, Irena L. C. Connon, Rosalind Cornforth, Robin S. Cox, Nicholas Cradock-Henry, Laura Cramer, Almendra Cremaschi, Halvor Dannevig, Catherine T. Day, Cathel de Lima Hutchison, Anke de Vrieze, Vikas Desai, Jonathan Dolley, Dominic Duckett, Rachael Amy Durrant, Markus Egermann, Emily Elsner (Adams), Chris Fremantle, Jessica Fullwood-Thomas, Diego Galafassi, Jen Gobby, Ami Golland, Shiara Kirana Gonzalez-Padron, Irmelin Gram-Hanssen, Jakob Grandin, Sara Grenni, Jade Lauren Gunnell, Felipe Gusmao, Maike Hamann, Brian Harding, Gavin Harper, Mia Hesselgren, Dina Hestad, Cheryl Anne Heykoop, Johan Holmen, Kirsty Holstead, Claire Hoolohan, Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu, Lummina Geertruida Horlings, Stuart Mark Howden, Rachel Angharad Howell, Sarah Insia Huque, Mirna Liz Inturias Canedo, Chidinma Yvonne Iro, Christopher D. Ives, Beatrice John, Rajiv Joshi, Sadhbh Juarez-Bourke, Dauglas Wafula Juma, Bea Cecilie Karlsen, Lea Kliem, Andreas Klaey, Petra Kuenkel, Iris Kunze, David Patrick Michael Lam, Daniel J. Lang, Alice Larkin, Ann Light, Christopher Luederitz, Tobias Luthe, Cathy Maguire, Ana-Maria Mahecha-Groot, Jackie Malcolm, Fiona Marshall, Yiheyis Maru, Carly McLachlan, Peter Mmbando, Subhakanta Mohapatra, Michele-Lee Moore, Angela Moriggi, Mark Morley-Fletcher, Susanne Moser, Konstanze Marion Mueller, Mutizwa Mukute, Susan Muhlemeier, Lars Otto Naess, Marta Nieto-Romero, Paula Novo, Karen O'Brien, Deborah Anne O'Connell, Kathleen O'Donnell, Per Olsson, Kelli Rose Pearson, Laura Pereira, Panos Petridis, Daniela Peukert, Nicky Phear, Siri Renee Pisters, Matt Polsky, Diana Pound, Rika Preiser, Md. Sajidur Rahman, Mark S. Reed, Philip Revell, Iokine Rodriguez, Briony Cathryn Rogers, Jascha Rohr, Milda Nordbo Rosenberg, Helen Ross, Shona Russell, Melanie Ryan, Probal Saha, Katharina Schleicher, Flurina Schneider, Morgan Scoville-Simonds, Beverley Searle, Samuel Petros Sebhatu, Elena Sesana, Howard Silverman, Chandni Singh, Eleanor Sterling, Sarah-Jane Stewart, J. David Tabara, Douglas Taylor, Philip Thornton, Theresa Margarete Tribaldos, Petra Tschakert, Natalia Uribe-Calvo, Steve Waddell, Sandra Waddock, Liza van der Merwe, Barbara van Mierlo, Patrick van Zwanenberg, Sandra Judith Velarde, Carla-Leanne Washbourne, Kerry Waylen, Annika Weiser, Ian Wight, Stephen Williams, Mel Woods, Ruth Wolstenholme, Ness Wright, Stefanie Wunder, Alastair Wyllie, Hannah R. Young
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2020)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Will Valley, Molly Anderson, Nicole Tichenor Blackstone, Eleanor Sterling, Erin Betley, Sharon Akabas, Pamela Koch, Colin Dring, Joanne Burke, Karen Spiller
ELEMENTA-SCIENCE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
(2020)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Whitney R. Friedman, Benjamin S. Halpern, Elizabeth McLeod, Michael W. Beck, Carlos M. Duarte, Carrie Kappel, Arielle Levine, Robert D. Sluka, Steven Adler, Casey C. O'Hara, Eleanor J. Sterling, Sebastian Tapia-Lewin, Inigo J. Losada, Tim R. McClanahan, Linwood Pendleton, Margaret Spring, James P. Toomey, Kenneth R. Weiss, Hugh P. Possingham, Jensen R. Montambault
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Rachel Dacks, Tamara Ticktin, Alexander Mawyer, Sophie Caillon, Joachim Claudet, Pauline Fabre, Stacy D. Jupiter, Joe McCarter, Manuel Mejia, Pua'ala Pascua, Eleanor Sterling, Supin Wongbusarakum
CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
(2019)
Article
Environmental Studies
Vivian Valencia, Luis Garcia-Barrios, Eleanor J. Sterling, Paige West, Amayrani Meza-Jimenez, Shahid Naeem
Article
Ecology
Steven Gray, Alexey Voinov, Michael Paolisso, Rebecca Jordan, Todd BenDor, Pierre Bommel, Pierre Glynn, Beatrice Hedelin, Klaus Hubacek, Josh Introne, Nagesh Kolagani, Bethany Laursen, Christina Prell, Laura Schmitt Olabisi, Alison Singer, Eleanor Sterling, Moira Zellner
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2018)