People and Nature

Papers
(The median citation count of People and Nature is 2. 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.)
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Compassion and the perceived rarity of plants can increase plant appreciation159
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Describing viewpoints on human‐nature relationships to unveil socio‐environmental conflicts and support community‐based projects73
Cover Picture and Issue Information66
Caretaking, accomplishment and connection to nature: The ‘gardening triad’ and its role in new community gardeners' engagement, and social and emotional well‐being64
Food for flower‐visiting insects: Appreciating common native wild flowering plants56
More pumas (Puma concolor) does not change perceptions: The mismatched response of ranchers to the presence of a top carnivore43
What factors affect the ‘flocking’ of birdwatchers during bird rarity observations?42
The Swedish green infrastructure policy as a policy assemblage: What does it do for biodiversity conservation?41
Traditional food or biocultural threat? Concerns about the use of tilapia fish in Indigenous cuisine in the Amazonia of Ecuador38
Disentangling the complexity of human–nature interactions37
Pathways to subsistence management in Alaska national parks: Perspectives of harvesters and agency staff36
Performance of habitat offsets for species conservation in dynamic human‐modified landscapes36
Guiding principles for transdisciplinary sustainability research and practice33
Institutional amnesia pushes fish spawning aggregations towards extirpation33
‘On the mountain, the world is still all right’: Nature connections in context and the Covid journey of young adults in Austria32
Effects of COVID‐19 lockdown restrictions on parents' attitudes towards green space and time spent outside by children in Cambridgeshire and North London, United Kingdom31
Nature relatedness: A protective factor for snake and spider fears and phobias30
The dark web trades wildlife, but mostly for use as drugs29
Assessing the political vulnerability of National Parks in sub‐Saharan Africa using data on digital trends and engagement28
Large‐scale human celebrations increase global light pollution28
The Renewing Biodiversity Longitudinal Survey (ReBLS): Protocol for a panel study27
Behavioural insights for improved uptake of agricultural sustainability assessment tools27
Enhancing child–nature interactions through design: An empirical study of the emotions, perspectives and experiences of nature among South Korea's urban Generation Alpha children27
Denser and greener cities: Green interventions to achieve both urban density and nature26
TheCBDPost‐2020 biodiversity framework: People's place within the rest of nature26
Thinking with Amazonian Indigenous Peoples to expand ideas on domestication26
Behavioural responses of Bonelli's eagles to human disturbances: Assessing the effect on reproduction and suggested mitigating measures25
Individual traits are associated with pro‐environmental behaviour: Environmental sensitivity, nature connectedness and consideration for future consequences25
The role of agroforestry in restoring Brazil's Atlantic Forest: Opportunities and challenges for smallholder farmers25
Disentangling global market drivers for cephalopods to foster transformations towards sustainable seafood systems25
Rewilding—The farmers’ perspective. Perceptions and attitudinal support for rewilding among the English farming community25
Creating ecologically sound buildings by integrating ecology, architecture and computational design25
Gardening for wildlife: A mixed‐methods exploration of the factors underlying engagement in wildlife‐friendly gardening25
If you build it, they will come: Coastal amenities facilitate human engagement in marine protected areas24
The comparative performance of land sharing, land sparing type interventions on place‐based human well‐being24
Social adaptation can reduce the strength of social–ecological feedbacks from ecosystem degradation24
Sustaining land and people over time: Relationships with successor landowners on conservation easements24
Care, conflict, and coexistence: Human–wildlife relations in community forests23
Drivers of human attitudes towards wolves Canis lupus in Kazakhstan23
River rhythmicity: A conceptual means of understanding and leveraging the relational values of rivers22
UK wildlife recorders cautiously welcome range‐shifting species but incline against intervention to promote or control their establishment22
Disconnection from nature: Expanding our understanding of human–nature relations22
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What constitutes sustainable agriculture for different audiences in Germany? A comparative analysis of large‐scale text data22
Sensing, feeling, thinking: Relating to nature with the body, heart and mind22
Three reasons why expanded use of natural enemy solutions may offer sustainable control of human infections21
Phylogeny explains why less therapeutically redundant plant species are not necessarily facing greater use pressure20
A call for a national collaborative predator coexistence programme20
Two lenses for exploring relationships between seabirds and fishers: Unveiling reciprocal contributions20
Drawing on local knowledge and attitudes for the conservation of critically endangered rhino rays in Goa, India20
Redefining climate change maladaptation using a values‐based approach in forests19
Who must adapt to whom? Contested discourses on human–wolf coexistence and their impact on policy in Spain19
Wildlife farming: Balancing economic and conservation interests in the face of illegal wildlife trade19
Disturbance ecology in human societies19
Nature interactions and their associations with connection to nature and well‐being varies between different types of green spaces19
Waterfront property owners' shoreline preferences amid salt marsh to mangrove transitions19
Climate‐driven ‘species‐on‐the‐move’ provide tangible anchors to engage the public on climate change18
Opinions, attitudes and perceptions of local people towards the conservation of Nigeria‐Cameroon chimpanzees in Mpem‐Djim National Park, central Cameroon18
Cultural worldviews consistently explain bundles of ecosystem service prioritisation across rural Germany18
Stakeholder perspectives on nature, people and sustainability at Mount Kilimanjaro18
Perceptions, preferences and barriers: A qualitative study of greenspace and under‐representation in Leeds, UK18
Can we model cultural ecosystem services, and are we measuring the right things?18
A review of the phenomenology, aetiology and treatment of animal phobia and insights for biophobia17
Outdoor adventure education as a platform for developing environmental leadership17
Correction to: Building better conservation media for primates and people: A case study of orangutan rescue and rehabilitation YouTube videos17
Ethical considerations for conservation messaging research and practice17
Exploring integrated ArtScience experiences to foster nature connectedness through head, heart and hand17
Transdisciplinary pathways for wildlife conservation: A method for navigating socio‐ecological systems on private lands17
The Elephant Queen: Can a nature documentary help to increase tolerance towards elephants?17
Unpacking the interface of modernization, development and sustainability in Indigenous Guna communities of Panama17
Invasion landscapes as social‐ecological systems: Role of social factors in invasive plant species control17
Navigating human‐nature interactions by exploring plural values across ecosystem states17
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Nature connection in adulthood: The role of childhood nature experiences16
Addressing fraudulent responses in online surveys: Insights from a web‐based participatory mapping study16
Citizen science promotes knowledge, skills and collective action to monitor and protect freshwater streams16
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Spatial restrictions hinder avoidance of choke species in an Indigenous rights‐based fishery16
What does coexistence mean? Insight from place‐based trajectories of pastoralists and bears encounters in the Pyrenees16
How previous experiences shape actors' current perspectives in integrated natural resource management16
Applying a co‐design approach with key stakeholders to design interventions to reduce illegal wildlife consumption16
Pluralizing environmental values for urban planning: How to uncover the diversity of imaginaries about socio‐natures from Vitoria‐Gasteiz (Basque Country, Spain)16
Biophobia: What it is, how it works and why it matters16
The road to integrate climate change projections with regional land‐use–biodiversity models16
Reconnecting children to nature: The efficacy of a wildlife intervention depends on local nature and socio‐economic context, but not on urbanisation15
Micronutrient levels of global tropical reef fish communities differ from fisheries capture15
What are the links between tree‐based farming and dietary quality for rural households? A review of emerging evidence in low‐ and middle‐income countries15
Why do people walk their dog where the wild things are? A qualitative content analysis from an urban nature reserve15
Practitioner approaches to trade‐off decision‐making in marine conservation development14
The demographic collapse of hunting in the Iberian Peninsula14
Threatening stimuli have differential effects on movement preparation and execution—A study on snake fear14
Exploring shared public perspectives on biodiversity attributes14
What informs human–nature connection? An exploration of factors in the context of urban park visitors and wildlife14
Exploring the relationship between plural values of nature, human well‐being, and conservation and development intervention: Why it matters and how to do it?14
Interdisciplinary insights into navigating the maze of landscape multifunctionality14
Mainstreaming the Environment: Exploring pathways and narratives to improve policy and decision‐making14
Do you have a tree friend?—Human–tree relationships in Finland14
The socio‐ecological niche14
Ecological and anthropogenic drivers of leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) attack occurrence on humans in Nepal14
Human–nature connectedness and sustainability across lifetimes: A comparative cross‐sectional study in France and Colombia13
The costs of delivering environmental outcomes with land sharing and land sparing13
How stable are visions for protected area management? Stakeholder perspectives before and during a pandemic13
A mixed‐methods assessment of human‐elephant conflict in the Western Okavango Panhandle, Botswana13
The relation between biodiversity in literature and social and spatial situation of authors: Reflections on the nature–culture entanglement13
Not just having fun: Experiential‐learning–based school field trips improved local children's mental models of the mangrove nature reserve in Shenzhen, China13
Words are monuments: Patterns in US national park place names perpetuate settler colonial mythologies including white supremacy13
Cover Picture and Issue Information13
Harnessing generative artificial intelligence to support nature‐based solutions12
Lake‐related ecosystem services facing social–ecological risks12
The Steller's Sea‐Eagle in North America: An economic assessment of birdwatchers travelling to see a vagrant raptor12
Eager about beavers? Understanding opposition to species reintroduction, and its implications for conservation12
Relational values of forests: Value‐conflicts between local communities and external programmes in Sulawesi12
Scientific response to a cluster of shark bites12
‘Sense of place’ and conservation: Toponym diversity helps to maintain vegetation naturalness12
Cultural importance, availability and conservation status of Spanish wild medicinal plants: Implications for sustainability12
Interpreting the mammal deposits of Cloggs Cave (SEAustralia),GunaiKurnaiAboriginal Country, through community‐led partnership research11
‘A deep, empathetic, wondrous connection’: Autistic adults' definitions and experiences of nature connection11
Nature documentaries as catalysts for change: Mapping out the ‘Blackfish Effect’11
Assessing human well‐being constructs with environmental and equity aspects: A review of the landscape11
The relational nature of citizen science11
Living with rodent pests: Unifying stakeholder interests to prioritise pest management in rural Madagascar11
Risky conclusions regarding shrinking rhino horns11
Co‐production of agroecological innovations to improve sustainability in South American fruit farms11
Cover Picture and Issue Information11
The relevance of traditional knowledge for modern landscape management: Comparing past and current herding practices in Mongolia11
Making the UN Ocean Decade work? The potential for, and challenges of, transdisciplinary research and real‐world laboratories for building towards ocean solutions11
Human–wildlife coexistence on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: The correlation between Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and avian community composition11
Non‐material contributions of nature expressed by former tourists of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania11
Exploring the role of identity, the other and negative attributions in conflict about biodiversity valuation11
Empirical examples demonstrate how relational thinking might enrich science and practice11
Co‐production of nature's contributions to people: What evidence is out there?11
Exploring a process‐relational approach to qualitative research methods for sustainability science10
Links between deforestation, conservation areas and conservation funding in major deforestation regions of South America10
Ecosystem restoration job creation potential in Brazil10
A cultural ecosystem service perspective on the interactions between humans and soils in gardens10
Cover Picture and Issue Information10
Long‐term interventions by conservation and development projects support successful recovery of tropical peatlands in Amazonia10
Protected areas and the neglected contribution of Indigenous Peoples and local communities: Struggles for environmental justice in the Caatinga dry forest10
Native seed collector networks in Brazil: Sowing social innovations for transformative change10
Urban park soundscapes: Spatial and social factors influencing bird and traffic sound experiences10
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Reciprocal contributions in marine Indigenous stewardship: The case of Haida abalone gathering9
How to increase nature connectedness? Effectiveness and mechanisms of a gratitude journal intervention9
Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat9
Wind erosion in European agricultural landscapes: More than physics9
Principal sensory experiences of forest visitors in four countries, for evidence‐based nature therapy9
Connecting resonance theory with social‐ecological thinking: Conceptualizing self‐world relationships in the context of sustainability transformations8
Worldviews and values of key societal actors influencing decision‐making around nature: The case of wild pollinator conservation in Europe8
Performing authenticity: The making‐of documentary in wildlife film's blue‐chip renaissance8
A mixed methods approach for measuring topic sensitivity in conservation8
Fishers perceptions of ecosystem service change associated with climate‐disturbed coral reefs8
An international assessment of the barriers influencing the effectiveness of island ecosystem management8
Solar parks as livestock enclosures can become key to linking energy, biodiversity and society8
Governance characteristics and feelings of safety are associated with attitudinal success in community‐based natural resource management & conservation organizations in northern Kenya8
Understanding consumers to inform market interventions for Singapore's shark fin trade8
The roles of humans and apex predators in sustaining ecosystem structure and function: Contrast, complementarity and coexistence8
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Species diversity enhances perceptions of urban coastlines at multiple scales8
Stress of spatial orientation of floating populations into Tibet on fragile ecosystem—Using geo‐tagged big data8
Stakeholder consensus suggests strategies to promote sustainability in an artisanal fishery with high rates of poaching and marine mammal bycatch8
Using gross ecosystem product to harmonize biodiversity conservation and economic development in Southwestern China8
Mixed impacts of protected areas and a cash crop boom on human well‐being in North‐Eastern Madagascar8
Leveraging federalism for flexible and robust management of social‐ecological systems8
In defence of urban community gardens8
Giant anteaters as bad omens: Determinants and implications of wildlife superstitions7
Waterscapes meet socio‐ecological models: A relational framework to examine water insecurity and human health and well‐being7
Araucaria bidwillii genomics suggest Indigenous Peoples broadened translocation practices in response to settler colonialism7
Response to ‘Risky conclusions regarding shrinking rhino horns’: Clarification on a statistically determined reduction of relative horn length in five species of rhinoceros since 18857
The widespread keeping of wild pets in the Neotropics: An overlooked risk for human, livestock and wildlife health7
Citizen science platforms can effectively support early detection of invasive alien species according to species traits7
ShadeTreeAdvice methodology: Guiding tree‐species selection using local knowledge7
Trees and water: A survey of the perception and decisions of landowners in New Zealand7
Building a macrosystems ecology framework to identify links between environmental and human health: A random forest modelling approach7
An interdisciplinary framework for navigating social–climatic tipping points7
The viewer doesn't always seem to care—response to fake animal rescues on YouTube and implications for social media self‐policing policies7
Nature‐reliant, low‐income households face the highest rates of woody‐plant encroachment in South Africa7
Sharing Indigenous values, practices and priorities as guidance for transforming human–environment relationships7
Characteristics of immersive citizen science experiences that drive conservation engagement7
Quantifying unintended effects of an agroecological research project on farmers' practices and social network in Papua New Guinea7
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Natural riparian vegetation as corridors to promote bee diversity and pollination services in an urban landscape7
Research on the benefits of nature to people: How much overlap is there in citations and terms for ‘nature’ across disciplines?7
The potential of citizen science to transform science: Lessons for a sustainable future6
Local knowledge and relational values of Midwestern woody perennial polyculture farmers can inform tree‐crop policies6
Envisioning a resilient future for biodiversity conservation in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic6
Opportunities for and barriers to anticipatory governance of two lake social–ecological systems in Germany and Canada6
The searchscape of fear: A global analysis of internet search trends for biophobias6
Identifying links between the biodiversity impacts and monetary costs of alien birds6
The Work that Work does: How intrinsic and instrumental values are transformed into relational values through active work participation in Swiss community supported agriculture6
Understanding indigenous people's traditional Chinese medicinal plants harvesting preferences to guide sustainable management6
Reflections from the team: Co‐creating visual media about ecological processes for young people6
Coastal fisheries adaptations to increasing climate change exposure in Japan6
Public willingness to engage in backyard conservation in New Zealand: Exploring motivations and barriers for participation6
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Urban green space use during a time of stress: A case study during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Brisbane, Australia6
A meta‐analysis of SES framework case studies: Identifying dyad and triad archetypes6
‘I owe it to the animals’: The bidirectionality of Swiss alpine farmers' relational values6
How do we study resilience? A systematic review6
A path to human‐raccoon dog harmony: Identifying factors influencing the tolerance of urban residents in Shanghai towards a neglected species6
Wildlife documentaries present a diverse, but biased, portrayal of the natural world6
Greenery hypothesis: An evolutionary explanation for why presence/absence of green affects humans6
Commons are cared for: Coexistence between humans and wild birds on the island of Kihnu, Estonia6
Gardens as drivers of native plant species dispersal and conservation6
Using a futures orientation to enable adaptation of protected areas under climate change6
Allotments for all? Social–environmental values of urban gardens for gardeners and the public in cities: The example of Berlin, Germany6
Plural valuation in southwestern Ethiopia: Disaggregating values associated with ecosystems in a smallholder landscape6
Spatial contagion structures urban vegetation from parcel to landscape6
Dynamic reciprocal contributions between Indigenous communities and cultural keystone species: A study case in Western Ecuador5
Charismatic species should be large: The role of admiration and fear5
Conserving wildlife through demand reduction and supply alternatives: Two experiments in restaurants in Kinshasa5
The complexity of compliance—Diverse responses to octopus fishery closures in Zanzibar5
Farmers' land‐use decision‐making: A dynamical modelling approach that integrates qualitative knowledge about social norms into a quantitative model5
Who is local and what do they know? Braiding knowledges within carnivore management in Europe5
The more the merrier? Perceived forest biodiversity promotes short‐term mental health and well‐being—A multicentre study5
Cover Picture and Issue Information5
Image‐based analyses from an online repository provide rich information on long‐term changes in morphology and human perceptions of rhinos5
Stimulating reciprocity: How human–plant relations support Indigenous cultural revitalization and stewardship in the Ecuadorian Amazon5
Emotional states elicited by wolf videos are diverse and explain general attitudes towards wolves5
Conservation in conversation: People's perspectives on a woodland with high conservation value—A qualitative study5
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A global analysis of factors predicting conservationists' values5
Dead in the water: Mortality messaging in water crisis communication and implications for pro‐environmental outcomes5
Social values for biodiversity and carbon flow in cities5
Evaluating dynamics in human‐bear interactions within social‐ecological system5
Inclusive approaches for cumulative effects assessments5
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A culture of conservation: How an ancient forest plantation turned into an old‐growth forest reserve – The story of the Wamulin forest5
Understanding farmers' reasons behind mitigation decisions is key in supporting their coexistence with wildlife5
Drivers and potential solutions for transnational Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU) in the Gulf of Honduras5
A qualitative exploration of the contribution of blue space to well‐being in the lives of people with severe mental illness5
Gugwilx'ya'ansk and goats: Indigenous perspectives on governance, stewardship and relationality in mountain goat (mati) hunting in Gitga'at territory5
Toward Sustainable Biocultural Ecotourism: An Integrated Spatial Analysis of Cultural and Biodiversity Richness in Colombia5
On the tail of two species: The changing place of the peregrine falcon in society5
Inclusion of ecosystem services in the management of municipal natural open space systems4
Ancient and contemporary shellfish cultivation practices bolster bivalve communities and diversity‐biomass relationships4
A learning journey into contemporary bioregionalism4
Making adaptive management more user friendly to encourage manager buy‐in4
More than rapid identification—Free plant identification apps can also be highly accurate4
Using photo editing to understand the impact of species aesthetics on support for conservation4
Reindeer husbandry in peril?—How extractive industries exert multiple pressures on an Arctic pastoral ecosystem4
The perceived ecological and human well‐being benefits of ecosystem restoration4
Community stewardship to protect coastal and freshwater ecosystems–pathways between recreation and stewardship intentions4
How forests may support psychological restoration: Modelling forest characteristics based on perceptions of forestry experts and the general public4
Exploring autonomous and controlled motivations for nature contact to maximise health benefits4
What motivates West African cocoa farmers to value trees? Taking the 4 W approach to the heart of the field4
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