OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Human Dimensions of Wildlife is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The leashing behavior of dog owners in different types of natural areas	19
Modeling cognitive antecedents of tolerance for black bears: The roles of direct experience, knowledge, and risk perceptions	19
Measuring the economic value of deer hunting: comparing estimates from survey and harvest check-in data	15
Practical application of a minimal important percent difference formulation of Cohen’s d	14
Ophidiophobia, myth generation, and human perceptions: Implications for snake conservation in a typical savanna community of northern Ghana	13
Illegal harvest, use, and trade in Temminck’s pangolins by communities adjacent to Ruaha National Park, Tanzania	13
Positive perceptions about the aardvark ( Orycteropus afer ) are inadequate to protect the species in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	12
Social preferences for vertebrates, invertebrates and plants: a multistakeholder approach for conservation management	11
The social landscape of wolves in Canada - preliminary findings	10
Varied motivations for snake removals in a Desert City	10
Declining hunter and trapper mail survey response rates between 1976 and 2020 in illinois	10
A bird in the hand: connecting children and wildlife through hands-on experiences with birds	9
Comparing U.S. public attitudes regarding hunting and trophy hunting and exploring perceptions of trophy hunting using social license to operate	9
Feelings, conflicts, and use: wildlife-human interactions in El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Mexico	9
The effect of engagement in private lands research on landowner conservation knowledge, attitudes, awareness, and behavioral intentions	9
Using increasing hypothetical chronic wasting disease prevalence rates to explore hunter behavioral intention and hypothetical bias in surveys	9
The pesky problem of defining a ‘pest’: testing the pest management attitudes scale in the United Kingdom	8
Valuing ecosystem services of freshwater mussels and fish	7
Predicting the intention to protect wolves and the intention to protect human interests in a Turkish and German university student sample: the role of wildlife value orientations, religiosity, and emo	7
Demographics and wildlife value orientations: insights for managing wildlife in the Alps	7
Evaluation of the human-otter conflict in central Veracruz, Mexico: recommendations for mitigation	7
Information sources and knowledge about chronic wasting disease in North Dakota	6
Not only seeds: a cultural ecosystem service provided by the Apennine brown bear	5
The state and perceptions of human-crocodile interactions around Murchison falls conservation area, Uganda	5
Flexible local ecological knowledge surveillance indicators reveal long-term change in the Yangambi wildmeat system	5

Exploring the Impact of Community Conservation Enterprises on Household Livelihoods Around Two Wildlife Areas in Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Mixed-mode surveys reveal shared regulatory preferences in an overfished recreational fishery	5
Taking matters into their own hands: effects of effort and success on duck hunter satisfaction	4
Integrating moral norms and stewardship identity into the theory of planned behavior to understand altruistic conservation behavior among hunters in southwestern Utah (USA)	4
Natural resource enterprises – income diversification and land conservation on privately owned lands in the United States (U.S.)	4
Evaluating the demand for and price elasticity of state hunting licenses in the United States using panel data	4
Cultural beliefs and indigenous knowledge about the red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ) in the Hindu Kush ranges of north-western Pakistan	3
Determinants influencing recruitment in the Houston toad programmatic safe harbor agreement	3
Trends and local perceptions of human-crocodile conflicts in Kariba town, northern Zimbabwe	3
Motivations for birdwatching: Support for a three-dimensional model	3
Perception clouding reality? Interactions and opportunities for Andean bear conservation in Colombia	3
Reporting about brown bears in Romania. Professional approaches of Romanian journalists	3
Does predation by wolves reduce collisions between ungulates and vehicles in France?	3
Effect of human–elephant conflict on local attitudes toward the conservation of wild Asian elephants in Myanmar	3
Fostering human-elephant co-existence: a classification tree analysis approach	3
Differences between resident and nonresident hunters’ perceptions about CWD and associated implications: a case study from Colorado	3
Human dimensions of timber rattlesnake ( Crotalus horridus ) management to reduce human-wildlife conflict	3
Socialization and motivational pathways among different groups of non-traditional hunters in Alabama reveal unique recruitment and retention opportunities	3
Taking stock: assessing Rhode Island recreational angler conservation ethic and coastal identity	3
Integrating the human dimensions into fish and wildlife management depends on increasing managers’ social science fluency	2
White-tailed deer hunters’ perceptions of harvest reporting systems: An importance-performance analysis	2
The social stereotypes of wolves and brown bears	2
Social media as a window into human-wildlife interactions and zoonotic disease risk: an examination of wild pig hunting videos on YouTube	2
Hunting, capture, and wildlife use by communities in a semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil	2
Predictors of carnivore tolerance among census-designated and self-identified rural and urban residents in Idaho, USA	2
Hunter acceptability of chronic wasting disease (CWD) management actions in Western Tennessee	2
Political identity as a driver of hunter responses to chronic wasting disease in a post-COVID world	2
Climate change through the eyes of recreational hunters: impacts on wildlife and adaptive responses	2
The role of social networks in partnership development with state wildlife agencies	2
Comparison of the characteristics, preferences, and attitudes of freshwater tournament and non-tournament anglers	2
Balancing human–bear coexistence with biodiversity conservation	2
Vulnerability and fascination with wildlife encounters and psychological restoration in local natural settings	2
An Economic Analysis of Poaching: Linking with Village Characteristics surrounding A Protected Area	2
Human-elephant conflict: attitudes of local people toward elephants and the conflict management authority in a shared landscape of India	2
American big cats on the spotlight	2
Producers’ perceptions of large carnivores and nonlethal methods to protect livestock from depredation: findings from a multistate federal initiative	2
Characterizing style of participation among Texas inshore recreational fishing guides	2
Evaluating cognitive and behavioral measures of tolerance for wildlife in an invasive species context: a study of Alabama hunters’ tolerance for wild pigs	2
Assessing the willingness to accept assisted migration for a sky island lizard	2
How state agencies are managing chronic wasting disease	2
Domestic ivory trade: the supply chain for raw ivory in Thailand is driven by the financial needs of elephant owners and market factors	2
Hunter risk sensitivity to ticks and tick-borne disease in Illinois	2
U.S. livestock producer interest in alternatives to compensation programs for wolf depredation	1
Coexistence in ecological corridors: understanding tolerance of wolves in the Northwestern Apennines, Italy	1
Is wildlife a public trust or commercial commodity? A reflection on big game permit allocation and the outfitting industry	1
Potential spread of invasive crayfish used as life bait by Indonesian anglers	1
Human dimensions of crocodilians: a review of the drivers of coexistence	1
Residents’ concerns and attitudes regarding wildlife disease management: A case of chronic wasting disease in Tennessee	1
Beliefs of Forest Owners Toward Cooperative Capercaillie Lekking Site Management Operations: a Pilot Study	1
Converging on symbiosis: developing a collaborative framework for guiding successful United States Department of Defense conservation partnerships	1

Self-determination theory as an alternate conceptual foundation for motivation in natural resource research	1
The wildlife attitude-acceptability framework’s potential to inform human dimensions of wildlife science and practice	1
Social perceptions of wildlife management units in southern Morelos state	1
Resident intentions to support organizations that aim to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species: the role of value orientations, efficacy, and risk perception	1
Evaluating the false consensus effect in private landowner perceptions of hunting	1
Dreadful fun or environmental management? Agreements and disagreements around wild boar hunting in Uruguay	1
Wildlife values can inform strategic conservation communication efforts	1
Perceptions, concerns, and management of white-tailed deer among municipal officials	1
Differences in reporting human-wild boar interactions in Chinese and English news media	1
Resenting hunters but appreciating the prey? - Identifying moose meat consumer segments	1
Understanding factors that influence people’s perceptions of human disturbance to wildlife using little penguins as a case study	1
Wild game processors’ perceptions of chronic wasting disease risks in Michigan	1
Sportsperson perceptions and involvement in reporting wildlife crimes	1
Motivations and barriers for the participation of family forest owners in conservation practices: an application of the transtheoretical model	1
Posttraumatic stress and psychological impacts of human wildlife conflict on victims, their families and caretakers in Botswana	1
The importance of non-economic reasons in the intention to kill small cats in Northeastern Bangladesh	1
Perceptions through artwork: children’s understanding of elephants and human-elephant interactions in Balasore, India	1
Building human-dimensions/social science capacity to support wildlife agencies: lessons from New York’s 50-year experience	1
Using communication networks to assess the level of sharing of wildlife health data and information among wildlife professionals in Ontario, Canada	1
Promoting coexistence with jaguars and pumas in the Caatinga: two approaches to reach school children	1
Experience preferences and place attachment of Minnesota wildlife management area hunters	1
Measuring the value of public hunting land using a hedonic approach	1
Wildlife resources governance and biodiversity conservation in Yangambi landscape in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): rules compliance and actors’ strategies	1
Recreational Anglers’ Specialization and Perception of Management Measures in Yucatan, Mexico	1
An exploratory analysis of stakeholders and their influence on human–Jaguar conflict in Guyana	1
The influence of social norms on hunters’ decision to test deer for chronic wasting disease	1