Using peoples' perceptions to improve conservation programs: The Yellow-shouldered Amazon in Venezuela

A Sánchez-Mercado, O Blanco, B Sucre-Smith… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
The perceptions and attitudes of local communities help understand the social drivers of
unsustainable wildlife use and the social acceptability of conservation programs. We …

Conservation of the jaguar Panthera onca in a community-dominated landscape in montane forests in Oaxaca, Mexico

JJ Figel, E DurAn, DB Bray - Oryx, 2011 - cambridge.org
We examined the presence of the jaguar Panthera onca, and human–jaguar interactions, in
a community-dominated montane tropical forest landscape with formally recognized …

Habitat selection by reintroduced guanacos (Lama guanicoe) in a heterogeneous mountain rangeland of central Argentina

CE Flores, AM Cingolani, A von Müller… - The Rangeland …, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Quebrada del Condorito National Park is located in the upper belt of the mountains of
central Argentina and preserves a heterogeneous rangeland area. After the creation of the …

Addressing social attitudes toward lethal control of wildlife in national parks

M Martínez‐Jauregui, M Delibes‐Mateos… - Conservation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The extraordinary population growth of certain ungulate species is increasingly a concern in
agroforestry areas because overabundance may negatively affect natural environments and …

Local knowledge and use of the valle de aguán spinytailed iguana, Ctenosaura melanosterna, in Honduras

SA Pasachnik, JA Danoff-Burg, EE Antunez, JP Corneil - 2014 - repository.sandiegozoo.org
The harvesting of wildlife has had a devastating effect on global biodiversity. Here we
investigate the perceived status of the Critically Endangered Valle de Aguán Spiny-tailed …

Livestock–carnivore coexistence: moving beyond preventive killing

S Chinchilla, E Berghe, J Polisar, C Arévalo, C Bonacic - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 indicate that zero hunger (SDG
2) and halting biodiversity loss (SDG 15) are key priorities. Livestock management practices …

Public perceptions of jaguars Panthera onca, pumas Puma concolor and coyotes Canis latrans in El Salvador

MON Campbell, ME Torres Alvarado - Area, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
High human population density, histories of social conflict, environmental change and
negative social attitudes are crucial issues for large carnivore conservation and …

Intersections of Conservation, Cattle, and Culture in Ecuador's Páramo Grasslands

A Joslin - Mountain Research and Development, 2021 - BioOne
Páramo is a biodiverse, high-elevation humid grassland ecosystem mainly found in the
northern Andes. Since Spanish colonization, páramo lands in Ecuador have been used …

[PDF][PDF] Feeding habitat utilization and preference by guanaco male groups in the Chilean Patagonia

IM Ortega, WL Franklin - Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 1988 - rchn.biologiachile.cl
Feeding habitat utilization and preference by guanaco (Lama guanícoe) male groups were
studied at Torres del Paine National Park in southern Chile. They were observed 326 hours …

Livestock predation by jaguars Panthera onca in south-eastern Mexico: the role of local peoples' practices

JL Peña-Mondragón, A Castillo, A Hoogesteijn… - Oryx, 2017 - cambridge.org
Inadequate livestock husbandry practices threaten the maintenance of global biodiversity
and provoke conflicts between people and wildlife, and large carnivorous mammals are …