Resident Attitudes toward Black Bears and Population Recovery in East Texas

Morzillo, Anita T.; Mertig, Angela G.; Garner, Nathan; Liu, Jianguo

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“…Human-wildlife interactions occur in many contexts, including recreation (Marzano andDandy 2012, Hughes 2013), hunting (Morzillo et al 2009), subsistence (Natcher et al 2012), transportation (Foster and Humphrey 1995), land use (Groepper et al 2012), and passive-appreciation activities (Morzillo et al 2007, Fuller et al 2008. From a human perspective, such interactions range across a continuum from positive to negative (Riley et al 2002) and result in a continuous need for assessment to manage for potential human-wildlife conflict.…”

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“…Both the human reaction to an event (positive versus negative) and the resulting behavior from an impact affect wildlife, e.g., decisions about pest control (Morzillo and Mertig 2011 a, b), and are influenced by complex interactions among human characteristics (Fig. 1c), such as environmental values and value orientations (e.g., Fulton et al 1996, Riley et al 2002, Zinn and Pierce 2002, Kaltenborn et al 2012, attitudes toward wildlife (e.g., Morzillo et al 2007, Krester et al 2009a, McDonald et al 2012, Urbanek et al 2013, interest in seeing wildlife (e.g., Morzillo et al 2007), attitudes toward particular species (e.g., Daniels and Kirkpatrick 2011), risk perception (Gore et al 2007), and other cognitive and motivational variables (Fulton et al 1996, Whittaker et al 2001, Baruch-Mordo et al 2011, Luther 2013. Collectively, these constructs influence and interact with each other, i.e., feedbacks, to form the basis for human cognitive and motivational perceptions and dynamics of human-wildlife relationships, i.e., "impact-based feedbacks" (e.g., Manfredo et al 2009, Decker et al 2012, and drivers of wildlife management as part of environmental policy ( Fig.…”

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A conceptual framework to evaluate human-wildlife interactions within coupled human and natural systems

Morzillo¹,

Beurs²,

Martin-Mikle³

2014

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ABSTRACT. Landscape characteristics affect human-wildlife interactions. However, there is a need to better understand mechanisms that drive those interactions, particularly feedbacks that exist between wildlife-related impacts, human reaction to and behavior as a result of those impacts, and how land use and landscape characteristics may influence those components within coupled human and natural systems. Current conceptual models of human-wildlife interactions often focus on species population size as the independent variable driving those interactions. Such an approach potentially overlooks important feedbacks among and drivers of human-wildlife interactions that result from mere wildlife presence versus absence. We describe an emerging conceptual framework that focuses on wildlife as a driver of human behavior and allows us to better understand linkages between humans, wildlife, and the broader landscape. We also present results of a pilot analysis related to our own ongoing study of urban rodent control behavior to illustrate one application of this framework within a study of urban landscapes.

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A conceptual framework to evaluate human-wildlife interactions within coupled human and natural systems

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Martin-Mikle³

2014

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“…Relationships exist among socioeconomic characteristics, environmental values and orientations, and attitudes toward and behaviors related to natural resource management (e.g., Koval and Mertig 2004, Morzillo et al 2007, Sidique et al 2010, Morzillo and Mertig 2011a, Carter et al 2014. Therefore, we included seven socioeconomic variables to describe respondents from our sample from both cities (Table 4).…”

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Resident perceptions of natural resources between cities and across scales in the Pacific Northwest

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Kreakie²,

Netusil³

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ABSTRACT. As the global population becomes increasingly urban, research is needed to explore how local culture, land use, and policy will influence urban natural resource management. We used a broad-scale comparative approach and survey of residents within the Portland (Oregon)-Vancouver (Washington) metropolitan areas, USA, two states with similar geographical and ecological characteristics, but different approaches to land-use planning, to explore resident perceptions about natural resources at three scales of analysis: property level ("at or near my house"), neighborhood ("within a 20-minute walk from my house"), and metro level ("across the metro area"). At the metro-level scale, nonmetric multidimensional scaling revealed that the two cities were quite similar. However, affinity for particular landscape characteristics existed within each city with the greatest difference generally at the property-level scale. Portland respondents expressed affinity for large mature trees, tree-lined streets, public transportation, and proximity to stores and services. Vancouver respondents expressed affinity for plentiful accessible parking. We suggest three explanations that likely are not mutually exclusive. First, respondents are segmented based on preferences for particular amenities, such as convenience versus commuter needs. Second, historical land-use and tax policy legacies may influence individual decisions. Third, more environmentally attuned worldviews may influence an individual's desire to produce environmentally friendly outcomes. Our findings highlight the importance of acknowledging variations in residents' affinities for landscape characteristics across different scales and locations because these differences may influence future land-use policies about urban natural resources.

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“…However, after accounting for multiple comparisons (17 tests per dependent variable) with a Bonferroni correction, P ≤ 0.003 was considered significant (Gomez and Gomez 1984;Morzillo et al 2007;Paulson 2008;Tadesse and Teketay 2017). We computed the Bonferroni correction by dividing 0.05 to 17 which is equal to 0.003.…”

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“…We computed the Bonferroni correction by dividing 0.05 to 17 which is equal to 0.003. This is because Bonferroni correction is a safeguard against multiple tests of statistical significance on the same data falsely giving the appearance of significance (Morzillo et al 2007;Paulson 2008;Tadesse and Kotler 2016;Tadesse and Teketay 2017). All the analyses were undertaken by using SPSS version 16.…”

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Local people’s knowledge on the adverse impacts and their attitudes towards growing Eucalyptus woodlot in Gudo Beret Kebele, Basona Worena district, Ethiopia

Tadesse

Tafere

2017

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Introduction: Growing Eucalyptus at a farm level in the form of woodlot has become popular among rural households in Ethiopia. For example, rural households mainly establish Eucalyptus woodlot as a component of livelihood improvement and diversification to meet household wood demand and generating cash income. However, there is lack of information on the growth parmeters of Eucalyptus woodlot and the factors influencing the household decision on their establishment at the individual farmland level. The objective of this study was to examine local people's knowledge on the adverse impacts and their attitudes towards growing Eucalyptus woodlot in Gudo Beret Kebele. We hypothesized that local people's knowledge on the adverse impacts and their attitudes towards growing Eucalyptus woodlot in Gudo Beret Kebele is affected by socioeconomic and cognitive variables. Methods: A structured questionnaire comprising closed-and open-ended questions was developed and administered to a total of n = 94 households to collect information on local people's knowledge on the adverse impacts and their attitudes towards growing Eucalyptus woodlot. The households were randomly selected through a lottery system based on their house identification numbers. Descriptive statistics, binary logit, and multiple linear regression were used to analyze and interpret the data.

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Resident Attitudes toward Black Bears and Population Recovery in East Texas

Cited by 39 publications

References 21 publications

A conceptual framework to evaluate human-wildlife interactions within coupled human and natural systems

A conceptual framework to evaluate human-wildlife interactions within coupled human and natural systems

Resident perceptions of natural resources between cities and across scales in the Pacific Northwest

Local people’s knowledge on the adverse impacts and their attitudes towards growing Eucalyptus woodlot in Gudo Beret Kebele, Basona Worena district, Ethiopia

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