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Location
Corpus Christi, TX
Start Date
9-4-2007 12:00 AM
Description
To effectively meet the challenges of urban coyote (Canis latrans) management, wildlife professionals will need human dimensions (and ecological) research to fill information gaps associated with a typical program planning process. Most wildlife agencies use the steps of a rational decision-making approach to plan and develop their programs (i.e., they define goals, identify problems and opportunities, identify management objectives, develop management action alternatives, and implement and evaluate alternatives). We describe general human dimensions (HD) information needs associated with each step, and then suggest corresponding HD research priorities to support urban coyote management decisions. We suggest that HD research priorities include: (I) situational analysis to characterize impact perceptions, attitudes, experiences, and behaviors of key stakeholders in hot spots for human-coyote conflict; (2) investigations that shed light on the processes of coyotes' habituation to humans and humans' habituation to coyotes; (3) studies that allow managers to apply acceptance capacity concepts to objective setting; (4) locally-specific research to characterize acceptability of various management actions among key stakeholders; and (5) outcome evaluations to measure attitude, perception, and behavior change associated with management actions.
Recommended Citation
Siemer, W. F., Hudenko, H. W., & Decker, D. J. (2007). Coyote management in residential areas: Human dimensions research needs. In Nolte, D.L., Arjo, W.M., & Stalman, D. (Eds.), The Twelfth Wildlife Damage Management Conference (421-430). Corpus Christi, TX: National Wildlife Research Center.
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Coyote Management in Residential Areas: Human Dimensions Research Needs
Corpus Christi, TX
To effectively meet the challenges of urban coyote (Canis latrans) management, wildlife professionals will need human dimensions (and ecological) research to fill information gaps associated with a typical program planning process. Most wildlife agencies use the steps of a rational decision-making approach to plan and develop their programs (i.e., they define goals, identify problems and opportunities, identify management objectives, develop management action alternatives, and implement and evaluate alternatives). We describe general human dimensions (HD) information needs associated with each step, and then suggest corresponding HD research priorities to support urban coyote management decisions. We suggest that HD research priorities include: (I) situational analysis to characterize impact perceptions, attitudes, experiences, and behaviors of key stakeholders in hot spots for human-coyote conflict; (2) investigations that shed light on the processes of coyotes' habituation to humans and humans' habituation to coyotes; (3) studies that allow managers to apply acceptance capacity concepts to objective setting; (4) locally-specific research to characterize acceptability of various management actions among key stakeholders; and (5) outcome evaluations to measure attitude, perception, and behavior change associated with management actions.