OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Human Dimensions of Wildlife is 3. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
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	19
Ophidiophobia, myth generation, and human perceptions: Implications for snake conservation in a typical savanna community of northern Ghana	15
Illegal harvest, use, and trade in Temminck’s pangolins by communities adjacent to Ruaha National Park, Tanzania	15
The leashing behavior of dog owners in different types of natural areas	13
Practical application of a minimal important percent difference formulation of Cohen’s d	13
Comparing U.S. public attitudes regarding hunting and trophy hunting and exploring perceptions of trophy hunting using social license to operate	12
Social preferences for vertebrates, invertebrates and plants: a multistakeholder approach for conservation management	12
The social landscape of wolves in Canada - preliminary findings	10
The pesky problem of defining a ‘pest’: testing the pest management attitudes scale in the United Kingdom	9
Feelings, conflicts, and use: wildlife-human interactions in El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Mexico	9
Varied motivations for snake removals in a Desert City	9
Positive perceptions about the aardvark ( Orycteropus afer ) are inadequate to protect the species in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	9
The effect of engagement in private lands research on landowner conservation knowledge, attitudes, awareness, and behavioral intentions	9
Declining hunter and trapper mail survey response rates between 1976 and 2020 in illinois	9
Using increasing hypothetical chronic wasting disease prevalence rates to explore hunter behavioral intention and hypothetical bias in surveys	9
A bird in the hand: connecting children and wildlife through hands-on experiences with birds	8
Valuing ecosystem services of freshwater mussels and fish	8
Evaluation of the human-otter conflict in central Veracruz, Mexico: recommendations for mitigation	7
Demographics and wildlife value orientations: insights for managing wildlife in the Alps	7
Information sources and knowledge about chronic wasting disease in North Dakota	6
The state and perceptions of human-crocodile interactions around Murchison falls conservation area, Uganda	6
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	5
Exploring the Impact of Community Conservation Enterprises on Household Livelihoods Around Two Wildlife Areas in Sub-Saharan Africa	5
Flexible local ecological knowledge surveillance indicators reveal long-term change in the Yangambi wildmeat system	5

Mixed-mode surveys reveal shared regulatory preferences in an overfished recreational fishery	5
Evaluating the demand for and price elasticity of state hunting licenses in the United States using panel data	5
Differences between resident and nonresident hunters’ perceptions about CWD and associated implications: a case study from Colorado	4
Assessing marine wildlife interactions with the charter boat fishing industry on Alabama’s Gulf Coast, USA	4
Natural resource enterprises – income diversification and land conservation on privately owned lands in the United States (U.S.)	4
Determinants influencing recruitment in the Houston toad programmatic safe harbor agreement	4
Not only seeds: a cultural ecosystem service provided by the Apennine brown bear	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
Taking matters into their own hands: effects of effort and success on duck hunter satisfaction	4
Motivations for birdwatching: Support for a three-dimensional model	3
Reporting about brown bears in Romania. Professional approaches of Romanian journalists	3
Human dimensions of timber rattlesnake ( Crotalus horridus ) management to reduce human-wildlife conflict	3
Evaluating cognitive and behavioral measures of tolerance for wildlife in an invasive species context: a study of Alabama hunters’ tolerance for wild pigs	3
Vulnerability and fascination with wildlife encounters and psychological restoration in local natural settings	3
Taking stock: assessing Rhode Island recreational angler conservation ethic and coastal identity	3
Effect of human–elephant conflict on local attitudes toward the conservation of wild Asian elephants in Myanmar	3
Trends and local perceptions of human-crocodile conflicts in Kariba town, northern Zimbabwe	3
Does predation by wolves reduce collisions between ungulates and vehicles in France?	3
Fostering human-elephant co-existence: a classification tree analysis approach	3
Comparison of the characteristics, preferences, and attitudes of freshwater tournament and non-tournament anglers	3
Social media as a window into human-wildlife interactions and zoonotic disease risk: an examination of wild pig hunting videos on YouTube	3
Cultural beliefs and indigenous knowledge about the red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ) in the Hindu Kush ranges of north-western Pakistan	3
Perception clouding reality? Interactions and opportunities for Andean bear conservation in Colombia	3
Socialization and motivational pathways among different groups of non-traditional hunters in Alabama reveal unique recruitment and retention opportunities	3
The social stereotypes of wolves and brown bears	3
Balancing human–bear coexistence with biodiversity conservation	3
Assessing the willingness to accept assisted migration for a sky island lizard	3