People and Nature

Papers
(The median citation count of People and Nature 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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More pumas (Puma concolor) does not change perceptions: The mismatched response of ranchers to the presence of a top carnivore80
‘Nature of the year’ in Germany: An effective policy to raise public awareness?70
Common approaches to introduced species management face widespread acceptance problems in the United States63
The Swedish green infrastructure policy as a policy assemblage: What does it do for biodiversity conservation?63
Pathways to subsistence management in Alaska national parks: Perspectives of harvesters and agency staff59
Bright needs, dark desires: Public preferences and balancing the benefits of artificial light and natural darkness at night in Aotearoa New Zealand48
Performance of habitat offsets for species conservation in dynamic human‐modified landscapes44
Food for flower‐visiting insects: Appreciating common native wild flowering plants41
Describing viewpoints on human‐nature relationships to unveil socio‐environmental conflicts and support community‐based projects41
Disentangling the complexity of human–nature interactions40
Caretaking, accomplishment and connection to nature: The ‘gardening triad’ and its role in new community gardeners' engagement, and social and emotional well‐being39
Compassion and the perceived rarity of plants can increase plant appreciation39
Enhancing child–nature interactions through design: An empirical study of the emotions, perspectives and experiences of nature among South Korea's urban Generation Alpha children39
What factors affect the ‘flocking’ of birdwatchers during bird rarity observations?39
The Renewing Biodiversity Longitudinal Survey (ReBLS): Protocol for a panel study38
Large‐scale human celebrations increase global light pollution37
Guiding principles for transdisciplinary sustainability research and practice36
Assessing the political vulnerability of National Parks in sub‐Saharan Africa using data on digital trends and engagement35
Experienced climate change impacts help explain subjective well‐being—Evidence from 14 nature‐dependent communities35
‘On the mountain, the world is still all right’: Nature connections in context and the Covid journey of young adults in Austria35
Thinking with Amazonian Indigenous Peoples to expand ideas on domestication35
Behavioural insights for improved uptake of agricultural sustainability assessment tools33
Walking, jogging or cycling? Exploring the associations between campus greenway environment and physical activity using large‐scale trajectory data33
What are landscapes for? Diverging preferences and shared understandings of rural farming landscapes32
The dark web trades wildlife, but mostly for use as drugs32
Institutional amnesia pushes fish spawning aggregations towards extirpation32
Genetic diversity is key to a nature‐positive future32
‘Should’ and ‘can’ active restoration be used in biodiversity offsets? Stakeholder perspectives from New South Wales, Australia31
Denser and greener cities: Green interventions to achieve both urban density and nature31
Drivers of human attitudes towards wolves Canis lupus in Kazakhstan31
Nature relatedness: A protective factor for snake and spider fears and phobias31
River rhythmicity: A conceptual means of understanding and leveraging the relational values of rivers30
What constitutes sustainable agriculture for different audiences in Germany? A comparative analysis of large‐scale text data30
Conserved areas: Obligations, challenges, risks and opportunities for successful implementation of other effective area‐based conservation measures (OECMs) in France30
The comparative performance of land sharing, land sparing type interventions on place‐based human well‐being30
Sustaining land and people over time: Relationships with successor landowners on conservation easements29
Care, conflict, and coexistence: Human–wildlife relations in community forests29
How to reconcile pasture grazing and wolf recolonisation? Perceptions of management options by livestock farmers in Germany28
How multisensory nature exposure affects well‐being: Visual and auditory influences on affect28
Social adaptation can reduce the strength of social–ecological feedbacks from ecosystem degradation27
Disentangling global market drivers for cephalopods to foster transformations towards sustainable seafood systems27
TheCBDPost‐2020 biodiversity framework: People's place within the rest of nature26
Role of science and scientists in public environmental policy debates: The case of EU agrochemical and Nature Restoration Regulations26
Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to predict farmers' intention to report livestock depredation and kill hyena26
Individual traits are associated with pro‐environmental behaviour: Environmental sensitivity, nature connectedness and consideration for future consequences26
Impact of biophysical characteristics of urban rivers on public perceptions of water‐related ecosystem services25
Rewilding—The farmers’ perspective. Perceptions and attitudinal support for rewilding among the English farming community25
If you build it, they will come: Coastal amenities facilitate human engagement in marine protected areas25
The role of agroforestry in restoring Brazil's Atlantic Forest: Opportunities and challenges for smallholder farmers25
Creating ecologically sound buildings by integrating ecology, architecture and computational design24
Disconnection from nature: Expanding our understanding of human–nature relations24
Gardening for wildlife: A mixed‐methods exploration of the factors underlying engagement in wildlife‐friendly gardening24
Connecting sea to market: Using network analysis to understand social–ecological dynamics in seafood value chains in Pisco, Southern Peru23
Behavioural responses of Bonelli's eagles to human disturbances: Assessing the effect on reproduction and suggested mitigating measures23
Two lenses for exploring relationships between seabirds and fishers: Unveiling reciprocal contributions22
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Waterfront property owners' shoreline preferences amid salt marsh to mangrove transitions22
Stakeholder perspectives on nature, people and sustainability at Mount Kilimanjaro21
Barriers and opportunities for consumption of invasive lionfish in Belize21
Disturbance ecology in human societies21
The Facilitating Act Framework: A new insight into cultural ecosystem services through investigating women, wild swimming and community21
A social license to operate theory for lethal control of crown‐of‐thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef21
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Fascinating and favourable to most, but also frustrating and fearful to some: A study of Danish citizens' perception of trophic rewilding20
Who must adapt to whom? Contested discourses on human–wolf coexistence and their impact on policy in Spain20
Perceptions, preferences and barriers: A qualitative study of greenspace and under‐representation in Leeds, UK20
Characterizing social and ecological values expressed in US Forest Service public comments using a computational approach20
Wealth and wildlife in cities: How economic and demographic drivers influence global urban environmental injustice20
UK wildlife recorders cautiously welcome range‐shifting species but incline against intervention to promote or control their establishment20
Climate‐driven ‘species‐on‐the‐move’ provide tangible anchors to engage the public on climate change19
Drawing on local knowledge and attitudes for the conservation of critically endangered rhino rays in Goa, India19
Wildlife farming: Balancing economic and conservation interests in the face of illegal wildlife trade19
Correction to: Building better conservation media for primates and people: A case study of orangutan rescue and rehabilitation YouTube videos18
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What does coexistence mean? Insight from place‐based trajectories of pastoralists and bears encounters in the Pyrenees18
Pluralizing environmental values for urban planning: How to uncover the diversity of imaginaries about socio‐natures from Vitoria‐Gasteiz (Basque Country, Spain)18
Nature interactions and their associations with connection to nature and well‐being varies between different types of green spaces18
Unpacking the interface of modernization, development and sustainability in Indigenous Guna communities of Panama18
Transdisciplinary pathways for wildlife conservation: A method for navigating socio‐ecological systems on private lands18
Opinions, attitudes and perceptions of local people towards the conservation of Nigeria‐Cameroon chimpanzees in Mpem‐Djim National Park, central Cameroon18
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A review of the phenomenology, aetiology and treatment of animal phobia and insights for biophobia18
Navigating human‐nature interactions by exploring plural values across ecosystem states17
Boundary spanners: An Australian First Nations perspective17
The Elephant Queen: Can a nature documentary help to increase tolerance towards elephants?17
Addressing fraudulent responses in online surveys: Insights from a web‐based participatory mapping study17
The role of gender and ethnicity in perceived public support and sense of belonging among resource management professionals in Oregon and Washington, USA17
Ethical considerations for conservation messaging research and practice17
Outdoor adventure education as a platform for developing environmental leadership17
Will biodiversity actions yield healthy places? A systematic review of human health outcomes associated with biodiversity‐focused urban greening16
Biophobia: What it is, how it works and why it matters16
Micronutrient levels of global tropical reef fish communities differ from fisheries capture16
Exploring integrated ArtScience experiences to foster nature connectedness through head, heart and hand16
How previous experiences shape actors' current perspectives in integrated natural resource management16
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The socio‐ecological niche16
Threatening stimuli have differential effects on movement preparation and execution—A study on snake fear15
Changing the decision context to enable social learning for climate adaptation15
Why do people walk their dog where the wild things are? A qualitative content analysis from an urban nature reserve15
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
The role of relational learning in knowledge co‐production15
Applying the Cultural Values Model to assess biocultural change in Eastern European wood‐pastures15
Do you have a tree friend?—Human–tree relationships in Finland15
The relation between biodiversity in literature and social and spatial situation of authors: Reflections on the nature–culture entanglement15
From muddy marvels to hidden landscapes: Diverse visitor experiences in Tasmanian wetlands and their implications for enhancing human–nature connections15
Landscape‐as‐governance: Exploring agency, embodied sensing and decision preferences15
Spatial restrictions hinder avoidance of choke species in an Indigenous rights‐based fishery15
The demographic collapse of hunting in the Iberian Peninsula15
Citizen science promotes knowledge, skills and collective action to monitor and protect freshwater streams14
The road to integrate climate change projections with regional land‐use–biodiversity models14
The costs of delivering environmental outcomes with land sharing and land sparing14
Practitioner approaches to trade‐off decision‐making in marine conservation development14
Reconnecting children to nature: The efficacy of a wildlife intervention depends on local nature and socio‐economic context, but not on urbanisation14
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
What informs human–nature connection? An exploration of factors in the context of urban park visitors and wildlife14
Applying a co‐design approach with key stakeholders to design interventions to reduce illegal wildlife consumption14
Interdisciplinary insights into navigating the maze of landscape multifunctionality14
Ecological and anthropogenic drivers of leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) attack occurrence on humans in Nepal14
Nature connection in adulthood: The role of childhood nature experiences13
Navigating across individual and deliberative values: A dual Q‐method approach to elicit diverse values in grassland restoration13
Scientific response to a cluster of shark bites13
Words are monuments: Patterns in US national park place names perpetuate settler colonial mythologies including white supremacy13
‘Sense of place’ and conservation: Toponym diversity helps to maintain vegetation naturalness13
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How stable are visions for protected area management? Stakeholder perspectives before and during a pandemic13
Harnessing generative artificial intelligence to support nature‐based solutions13
Relational values of forests: Value‐conflicts between local communities and external programmes in Sulawesi12
A mixed‐methods assessment of human‐elephant conflict in the Western Okavango Panhandle, Botswana12
Not just having fun: Experiential‐learning–based school field trips improved local children's mental models of the mangrove nature reserve in Shenzhen, China12
Green pathways to mental health: Relationships between treescapes and well‐being and distress12
The multiple values of nature show the lack of a coherent theory of value—In any context12
Lake‐related ecosystem services facing social–ecological risks12
Eager about beavers? Understanding opposition to species reintroduction, and its implications for conservation12
Human–nature connectedness and sustainability across lifetimes: A comparative cross‐sectional study in France and Colombia12
Growing trees on farms: Navigating the goals and values of farmers12
Cultural importance, availability and conservation status of Spanish wild medicinal plants: Implications for sustainability12
Assessing the epistemic dimension of people–place relationships for inclusive ecosystem governance12
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Living with rodent pests: Unifying stakeholder interests to prioritise pest management in rural Madagascar12
Co‐production of nature's contributions to people: What evidence is out there?11
Hunting motivations, behaviour and forest access: Characterising wildlife hunting practices in a multi‐ethnic, forested landscape of Brunei Darussalam, Southeast Asia11
Empirical examples demonstrate how relational thinking might enrich science and practice11
Giving space back to nature in cities? A multi‐scenario analysis of the acceptability of urban rewilding among local communities11
Exploring the role of identity, the other and negative attributions in conflict about biodiversity valuation11
Noticing nature: The role of environmental awareness in promoting well‐being11
Social mechanics of gifting bear bile in Việt Nam11
Non‐material contributions of nature expressed by former tourists of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania11
‘A deep, empathetic, wondrous connection’: Autistic adults' definitions and experiences of nature connection11
Interpreting the mammal deposits of Cloggs Cave (SEAustralia),GunaiKurnaiAboriginal Country, through community‐led partnership research11
Human–wildlife coexistence on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: The correlation between Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and avian community composition11
Only green time, and not screen time, predicts connectedness to nature among urban middle school students11
The relational nature of citizen science11
Making the UN Ocean Decade work? The potential for, and challenges of, transdisciplinary research and real‐world laboratories for building towards ocean solutions11
The Steller's Sea‐Eagle in North America: An economic assessment of birdwatchers travelling to see a vagrant raptor11
Using the criminal law to protect the environment: Possibilities and problems11
Risky conclusions regarding shrinking rhino horns11
Reconnecting people and wild nature in cities: Experienced barriers to using urban wild spaces among non‐users11
Co‐production of agroecological innovations to improve sustainability in South American fruit farms10
Cover Picture and Issue Information10
Communal sustainable development goals, belonging and involvement: Engaging with the SDGs10
Native seed collector networks in Brazil: Sowing social innovations for transformative change10
Stories of coexistence: A narrative inquiry of leopard attacks on people10
Auditory perception and the ecology of human–nature interactions: Effects of hearing loss on listening to birdsong10
Traditional knowledge promotes the protection of large old trees: A case from China's richest biocultural diversity area10
Long‐term interventions by conservation and development projects support successful recovery of tropical peatlands in Amazonia10
Urban park soundscapes: Spatial and social factors influencing bird and traffic sound experiences10
Implementing the European Union Biodiversity Strategy: Interlinked challenges and a potential way forward10
Behavioural and physiological responses of chacma baboons ( Papio ursinus ) to human‐induced mortality in anthropogenically modified habitat10
The relevance of traditional knowledge for modern landscape management: Comparing past and current herding practices in Mongolia10
Hydropower resettlement reshapes human–nature relationships: Insights from Southwestern China10
Empirical research review on Solastalgia: Place, people and policy pathways for addressing environmental distress10
Indigenous and Western frameworks reveal bias in the scientific literature on salmon's contributions to social‐ecological systems10
Ecosystem restoration job creation potential in Brazil10
Indigenous resurgence in the Blue Economy: Relational values to guide kelp mariculture10
Links between deforestation, conservation areas and conservation funding in major deforestation regions of South America10
Solar parks as livestock enclosures can become key to linking energy, biodiversity and society9
Mixed impacts of protected areas and a cash crop boom on human well‐being in North‐Eastern Madagascar9
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Exploring a process‐relational approach to qualitative research methods for sustainability science9
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Research monopolization in the biological sciences: Charismatic species are partly to blame9
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How to increase nature connectedness? Effectiveness and mechanisms of a gratitude journal intervention9
Wind erosion in European agricultural landscapes: More than physics9
The birds and the trees: Avian ecosystem (dis)service perspectives and farmers' willingness to plant native trees in the agricultural landscape of the Galapagos Islands9
Connecting resonance theory with social‐ecological thinking: Conceptualizing self‐world relationships in the context of sustainability transformations9
Reciprocal contributions in marine Indigenous stewardship: The case of Haida abalone gathering9
Using gross ecosystem product to harmonize biodiversity conservation and economic development in Southwestern China9
Understanding consumers to inform market interventions for Singapore's shark fin trade8
Stress of spatial orientation of floating populations into Tibet on fragile ecosystem—Using geo‐tagged big data8
Governance characteristics and feelings of safety are associated with attitudinal success in community‐based natural resource management & conservation organizations in northern Kenya8
Nature‐reliant, low‐income households face the highest rates of woody‐plant encroachment in South Africa8
Characteristics of immersive citizen science experiences that drive conservation engagement8
Giant anteaters as bad omens: Determinants and implications of wildlife superstitions8
Unlocking landscape transient dynamics: Integrating traditional ecological knowledge for enhanced analysis of land‐use changes and forest expansion in a Mediterranean ecosystem8
Understanding preferences for nature's contributions to people between and within social actors sheds insights for inclusive conservation8
Araucaria bidwillii genomics suggest Indigenous Peoples broadened translocation practices in response to settler colonialism8
Human–nature relationships through the lens of reciprocity: Insights from Indigenous and local knowledge systems8
Stakeholder consensus suggests strategies to promote sustainability in an artisanal fishery with high rates of poaching and marine mammal bycatch8
Worldviews and values of key societal actors influencing decision‐making around nature: The case of wild pollinator conservation in Europe8
Species diversity enhances perceptions of urban coastlines at multiple scales8
An international assessment of the barriers influencing the effectiveness of island ecosystem management8
Sharing Indigenous values, practices and priorities as guidance for transforming human–environment relationships8
Perceptions of nature's contributions to people across an elevational gradient in eastern Nepal8
Leveraging federalism for flexible and robust management of social‐ecological systems8
A mixed methods approach for measuring topic sensitivity in conservation8
In defence of urban community gardens8
The roles of humans and apex predators in sustaining ecosystem structure and function: Contrast, complementarity and coexistence8
Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat8
Gender dynamics of tropical wildmeat systems: A systematic map of women's roles and influence8
Social media videos highlight the impacts of the illegal use of snares on Brazilian biodiversity8
Principal sensory experiences of forest visitors in four countries, for evidence‐based nature therapy8
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Citizen science platforms can effectively support early detection of invasive alien species according to species traits8
Trees and water: A survey of the perception and decisions of landowners in New Zealand8
Waterscapes meet socio‐ecological models: A relational framework to examine water insecurity and human health and well‐being8
ShadeTreeAdvice methodology: Guiding tree‐species selection using local knowledge8
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Combining visual and linguistic methods to cultivate and communicate river meanings with young children7
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The Work that Work does: How intrinsic and instrumental values are transformed into relational values through active work participation in Swiss community supported agriculture7
Quantifying unintended effects of an agroecological research project on farmers' practices and social network in Papua New Guinea7
A meta‐analysis of SES framework case studies: Identifying dyad and triad archetypes7
Indigenous knowledge‐bridging to support ecological stewardship in Canada and Tanzania7
Building a macrosystems ecology framework to identify links between environmental and human health: A random forest modelling approach7
Allotments for all? Social–environmental values of urban gardens for gardeners and the public in cities: The example of Berlin, Germany7
An interdisciplinary framework for navigating social–climatic tipping points7
Using a futures orientation to enable adaptation of protected areas under climate change7
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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
How do we study resilience? A systematic review7
Natural riparian vegetation as corridors to promote bee diversity and pollination services in an urban landscape7
The searchscape of fear: A global analysis of internet search trends for biophobias7
Gardens as drivers of native plant species dispersal and conservation7
Plural valuation in southwestern Ethiopia: Disaggregating values associated with ecosystems in a smallholder landscape7
What do stakeholders understand of the links between diet and terrestrial biodiversity loss? A systematic review of the literature7
Human development, societal stability and bird capital predict global tourist eBirding activity7
Rethinking the good life amid the ecological crisis: The interplay between eco‐anxiety, nature connection and well‐being7
Research on the benefits of nature to people: How much overlap is there in citations and terms for ‘nature’ across disciplines?7
Embedding rewilding in policy: Perspectives on overcoming barriers and unlocking opportunities7
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Identifying links between the biodiversity impacts and monetary costs of alien birds7
‘I owe it to the animals’: The bidirectionality of Swiss alpine farmers' relational values7
Societal willingness to pay for wild food conservation in Italy: Exploring spatial dimensions of preferences7
The viewer doesn't always seem to care—response to fake animal rescues on YouTube and implications for social media self‐policing policies7
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