Resolving human‐bear conflict: A global survey of countries, experts, and key factors

ÖE Can, N D'Cruze, DL Garshelis… - Conservation …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Human‐bear conflicts cause annoyance, financial losses, injuries, and even death to
people. In poorer parts of the world, conflicts with bears can affect local economies …

Mapping attack hotspots to mitigate human–carnivore conflict: approaches and applications of spatial predation risk modeling

JRB Miller - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2015 - Springer
A major challenge in carnivore conservation worldwide is identifying priority human–
carnivore conflict sites where mitigation efforts would be most effective. Spatial predation risk …

The biological deserts fallacy: cities in their landscapes contribute more than we think to regional biodiversity

EN Spotswood, EE Beller, R Grossinger, JL Grenier… - Bioscience, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cities are both embedded within and ecologically linked to their surrounding landscapes.
Although urbanization poses a substantial threat to biodiversity, cities also support many …

Evaluating the efficacy of predator removal in a conflict-prone world

RJ Lennox, AJ Gallagher, EG Ritchie, SJ Cooke - Biological Conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
Predators shape ecosystem structure and function through their direct and indirect effects on
prey, which permeate through ecological communities. Predators are often perceived as …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting human-carnivore conflict at the urban-wildland interface

JK van Bommel, M Badry, AT Ford, T Golumbia… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A major threat to mammalian carnivores is death due to human conflict, including carnivore
use of anthropogenic food sources, predation of livestock, or car accidents. To reduce …

Black bears alter movements in response to anthropogenic features with time of day and season

KA Zeller, DW Wattles, L Conlee, S DeStefano - Movement Ecology, 2019 - Springer
Background With the growth and expansion of human development, large mammals will
increasingly encounter humans, elevating the likelihood of human-wildlife conflicts …

The effects of food waste on wildlife and humans

TM Newsome, LM Van Eeden - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
A reduction in the loss and waste of human food is a global issue for addressing poverty and
hunger in poorer nations, and for reducing the environmental footprint of the agriculture …

Identifying human–brown bear conflict hotspots for prioritizing critical habitat and corridor conservation in southwestern Iran

R Khosravi, HY Wan, MR Sadeghi… - Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple studies have used species distribution models to identify human–wildlife conflict
drivers. An important application of these models is spatial conflict resolution by accounting …

Foraging ecology of black bears in urban environments: guidance for human‐bear conflict mitigation

DL Lewis, S Baruch-Mordo, KR Wilson, SW Breck… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Urban environments offer wildlife novel anthropogenic resources that vary spatiotemporally
at fine scales. Property damage, economic losses, human injury, or other human‐wildlife …

Troublemaking carnivores: conflicts with humans in a diverse assemblage of large carnivores

AT Morehouse, MS Boyce - Ecology and Society, 2017 - JSTOR
Human-wildlife conflicts are a global conservation and management challenge.
Multipredator systems present added complexity to the resolution of human-wildlife conflicts …