Prioritizing community behaviors to improve wild dog management in peri-urban areas
Autor: | Keri L. Phillips, Donald W. Hine, Patricia M. Please, Petra Skoien, Iain Jamieson |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
business.industry
Behavior change Environmental resource management 0211 other engineering and technologies Stakeholder 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Focus group Geography Environmental health business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nature and Landscape Conservation |
Zdroj: | Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 23:39-53 |
ISSN: | 1533-158X 1087-1209 |
DOI: | 10.1080/10871209.2017.1385877 |
Popis: | Wild dogs contribute to a range of negative impacts in Australian peri-urban regions. We identified and prioritized 13 behaviors that peri-urban residents could engage in to reduce the impacts of wild dogs in their communities. Key-informant interviews and stakeholder focus groups were used to develop a list of wild dog-management behaviors. On-line surveys with wild dog experts (n = 10) and peri-urban residents (n = 302) were used to create a Behavior Prioritization Matrix (BPM), which ranked the behaviors in terms of projected impact, based on: (a) expert estimates of effectiveness, (b) current adoption levels (penetration), and (c) likelihood of future adoption. BPM analysis indicated that increasing community reporting of wild dogs and their impacts would produce the greatest overall benefits for wild dog management. Behaviors rated as highly effective by experts (e.g., baiting and trapping) had low projected impact given that they were unlikely to be adopted by most residents. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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