Context An exciting research frontier is the intersection of wildlife ecology and social
science. Associated research is embracing a spatial approach to integrating ecological and …

Human-wildlife interactions increase exponentially as more and more humans and wildlife
crowd into the same limited space. Such interactions often become conflicts when wildlife …

There is growing recognition that interdisciplinary approaches that account for both
ecological and social processes are necessary to successfully address human-wildlife …

Over the last decade, there has been a remarkable increase in scientific literature
addressing human–wildlife interactions (HWI) and associated concepts, such as …

Human tolerance for interactions with large carnivores is an important determinant of their
persistence on the landscape, yet the relative importance of factors affecting tolerance is not …

Individual differences in personality types within the same species have been studied much
less than differences between species and populations. Personality differences are related …

Facilitating long-term coexistence between people and large carnivores is a persistent,
global conservation challenge. Evidence-based decisions to help design and implement …

Human-bear conflicts triggered by nuisance behaviour in public places and damage to
livestock, crops, beehives and trees are among the main threats to bear populations …

Among the world's large Carnivores, American black bears (Ursus americanus) are the
foremost conservation success story. Populations have been expanding across North …

Large carnivores are negotiating increasingly developed landscapes, but little is known
about how such behavioral plasticity influences their demographic rates and population …