Understanding drivers of human tolerance to gray wolves and brown bears as a strategy to improve landholder– carnivore coexistence

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dc.contributor.authorMarino, Filippoen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKansky, Ruthen_Za
dc.contributor.authorShivji, Ireneen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDi Croce, Antonioen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCiucci, Paoloen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKnight, Andrew T.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-02T13:00:20Z
dc.date.available2023-05-02T13:00:20Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionCITATION: Marino, F, Kansky, R, Shivji, I, Di Croce, A, Ciucci, P, Knight, AT. Understanding drivers of human tolerance to gray wolves and brown bears as a strategy to improve landholder–carnivore coexistence. Conservation Science and Practice. 2021; 3:e265. doi.10.1111/csp2.265en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at: onlinelibrary.wiley.comen_ZA
dc.description.abstractDespite recent recovery of large carnivores throughout Europe such as the brown bear (Ursus arctos) and the graywolf (Canis lupus), some of their populations are still threatened and their viability depends on human tolerance to share mixed landscapes. We investigated the drivers of landholders' tolerance in Abruzzo (Italy), a region with a long history of cohabitation, by applying theWildlife Tolerance Model (WTM) (Kansky et al., 2016, Biological Conservation, 201, 137–145). Using structural equation modeling we assessed relationships between WTM variables. This framework hypothesizes that exposure to a species and experiences with a species drive perceptions of benefits and costs, and ultimately tolerance.We then sought to understand similarities and differences in tolerance drivers between the two species and across two areas that differed in the duration of human–carnivore cohabitation. Results showed both similarities and differences in drivers between species and areas, resulting in seven management proposals to foster tolerance. Increasing intangible benefits and positive experiences were two strategies that were similar for both species and areas,while five strategies differed across species and areas.Our methodological approach can be applied in other landscapes with other species to determine the extent to whichmultispeciesmanagement across landscapes is possible.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher’s versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent14 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKnight, AT. Understanding drivers of human tolerance to gray wolves and brown bears as a strategy to improve landholder–carnivore coexistence. Conservation Science and Practice. 2021; 3:e265. doi.10.1111/csp2.265en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2578-4854 (print)en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2578-4854 (online)en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/126861
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals LLC.en_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectApennine brown bear -- Italy -- Abruzzoen_ZA
dc.subjectBiodiversity conflictsen_ZA
dc.subjectConservation psychologyen_ZA
dc.subjectGray wolf -- Italy -- Abruzzoen_ZA
dc.subjectHuman-wolf encounters -- Europeen_ZA
dc.subjectIntangible benefitsen_ZA
dc.subjectIntangible costsen_ZA
dc.subjectWildlife Tolerance Model -- Economic aspectsen_ZA
dc.subjectBrown bear -- Effect of human beings on -- Italyen_ZA
dc.subjectGray Wolves -- Effect of human beings on -- Italyen_ZA
dc.subjectCarnivora -- Europe -- Geographical distributionen_ZA
dc.titleUnderstanding drivers of human tolerance to gray wolves and brown bears as a strategy to improve landholder– carnivore coexistenceen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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