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1. Conservation, human-wildlife conflict, and decentralised governance: complexities beyond incomplete devolution

   Contributor(s):: Hohbein, R. R., Abrams, J. B.

   Decentralisation of environmental governance (DEG) proliferated around the world in the 1990s, inspired, in part, by theories of common-pool resource governance that argued that local communities could sustainably manage valuable but non-excludable resources given a set of proper institutional...

2. Impact of wildlife on food crops and approaches to reducing human wildlife conflict in the protected landscapes of Eastern Nepal

   Contributor(s):: Dahal, N. K., Harada, K., Adhikari, S., Sapkota, R. P., Kandel, S.

3. Concentration-response of an anthraquinone-based repellent for raccoons (Procyon lotor)

   Contributor(s):: Johnson, Shylo R., Deliberto, Shelagh T., Urchek, Kathleen, Gilbert, Amy T., Werner, Scott J.

   Wildlife repellents can be part of non-lethal management strategies to reduce the negative impacts of wildlife to property, agricultural production, and human health and safety. Raccoons (Procyon lotor) are associated with negative impacts in all three of these areas. Anthraquinone is a useful...

4. Ecophysiology to understand elephants' crop raiding behavior.

   

   | Contributor(s):: Steve Ngama, C. Vermeulen, J. Bindelle

   Conservation science has emerged to stem the current loss of biodiversity. To be efficient in this goal it needs integrative disciplines like ecophysiology, a biological field that studies the adaptation of an organism's physiology to environmental conditions. Surprisingly few...

5. How bees can keep the peace between elephants and humans | Lucy King

   

   | Contributor(s):: Lucy King

   Imagine waking in the middle of the night to an elephant ripping the roof from your house in search of food. This is a reality in some communities in Africa where, as wild spaces shrink, people and elephants are competing for space and resources like never before. In this engaging talk,...

6. Human-Wildlife conflicts in Mwanachingwala conservation area(MCA) Kafue Flats of Zambia

   | Contributor(s):: Mutandalike Choonga S

   The study of the human-wildUfe conflicts in MCA Kafue flats was done in the month of August. The study used a structured questionnaire, focus group discussions and individual intennews unth randomly chosen individuals. Descriptive SPSS software was used to analyze the data at two levels: the...

7. Social dominance and legitimizing myths about animal use

   | Contributor(s):: Jackson, L. M., Gibbings, A.

   The present study tested the hypothesis that the relation between social dominance orientation and the endorsement of legitimizing myths about the human use of nonhuman animals is moderated by the salience of that use. Eighty-two student participants read an article about agriculture that focused...

8. Social dominance and legitimizing myths about animal use

   | Contributor(s):: Jackson, L. M., Gibbings, A.

   The present study tested the hypothesis that the relation between social dominance orientation and the endorsement of legitimizing myths about the human use of nonhuman animals is moderated by the salience of that use. Eighty-two student participants read an article about agriculture that focused...

9. Social dominance and legitimizing myths about animal use

   | Contributor(s):: Jackson, L. M., Gibbings, A.

   The present study tested the hypothesis that the relation between social dominance orientation and the endorsement of legitimizing myths about the human use of nonhuman animals is moderated by the salience of that use. Eighty-two student participants read an article about agriculture that focused...

10. Winter habitat associations of blackbirds and starlings wintering in the south-central United States

    | Contributor(s):: Strassburg, Matthew, Crimmins, Shawn M., Linz, George M., McKann, Patrick C., Thogmartin, Wayne E.

11. Black bear exclusion fences to protect mobile apiaries

    | Contributor(s):: Otto, Tammy E., Roloff, Gary J.

12. Evaluation of 9,10 anthraquinone application to pre-seed set sunflowers for repelling blackbirds

    | Contributor(s):: Niner, Megan D., Linz, George M., Clark, Mark E.

13. The National Wildlife Control Training Program: an evolution in wildlife damage management education for industry professionals

    | Contributor(s):: Curtis, Paul D., Smith, Raj, Hygnstrom, Scott

14. Modeling waterfowl damage to crops surrounding the Quill lakes in Saskatchewan

    | Contributor(s):: Callaghan, Carolyn J., Daneshfar, Bahram, Thompson, Donald J.

15. Farmers' perceptions of the impacts of human- wildlife conflict on their livelihood and natural resource management efforts in Cheha Woreda of Guraghe Zone, Ethiopia

    | Contributor(s):: Mojo, Dagne, Rothschuh, Jessica, Alebachew, Mehari

16. Evaluation of foliar sprays to reduce crop damage by Canada geese

    | Contributor(s):: Dieter, Charles D., Warner, Cody S., Ren, Curiong

17. In defense of field experiments: response to Askham and Godfrey (2014)

    | Contributor(s):: Dieter, Charles D., Warner, Cody S., Ren, Curiong

18. Commentary: Comment on Dieter et al. (2014)

    | Contributor(s):: Askham, Leonard R., Godfrey, Michael E. R.

19. Deer-activated bioacoustic frightening device deters white-tailed deer

    | Contributor(s):: Hildreth, Aaron M., Hygnstrom, Scott E., VerCauteren, Kurt C.

20. Too many hogs? A review of methods to mitigate impact by wild boar and feral hogs

    | Contributor(s):: Massei, G., Roy, S., Bunting, R.