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A wildlife tolerance model and case study for understanding human wildlife conflicts by Kansky, Ruth, Kidd, Martin, Knight, Andrew T.

“…Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is a complex conservation issue and acknowledging the human dimensions of the problem is critical. Here we propose the Wildlife…”
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Navigating the Space between Research and Implementation in Conservation by Toomey, Anne H., Knight, Andrew T., Barlow, Jos

“…Recent scholarship in conservation biology has pointed to the existence of a “research‐implementation” gap and has proposed various solutions for overcoming…”
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Meta-Analysis of Attitudes toward Damage-Causing Mammalian Wildlife by KANSKY, RUTH, KIDD, MARTIN, KNIGHT, ANDREW T.

“…Many populations of threatened mammals persist outside formally protected areas, and their survival depends on the willingness of communities to coexist with…”
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The effectiveness of celebrities in conservation marketing by Duthie, Elizabeth, Veríssimo, Diogo, Keane, Aidan, Knight, Andrew T

“…Celebrities are frequently used in conservation marketing as a tool to raise awareness, generate funding and effect behaviour change. The importance of…”
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An Operational Model for Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services for Implementation by Cowling, Richard M., Egoh, Benis, Knight, Andrew T., O'Farrell, Patrick J., Reyers, Belinda, Rouget, Mathieu, Roux, Dirk J., Welz, Adam, Wilhelm-Rechman, Angelika

“…Research on ecosystem services has grown markedly in recent years. However, few studies are embedded in a social process designed to ensure effective…”
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Understanding the Motivations and Satisfactions of Volunteers to Improve the Effectiveness of Citizen Science Programs by Wright, Dale R, Underhill, Les G, Keene, Matt, Knight, Andrew T

“…Citizen science is a useful approach for conducting scientific research; however, an understanding of the motivations, satisfactions, and other aspects of…”
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Mapping Human and Social Dimensions of Conservation Opportunity for the Scheduling of Conservation Action on Private Land by KNIGHT, ANDREW T., COWLING, RICHARD M., DIFFORD, MARK, CAMPBELL, BRUCE M.

“…Spatial prioritization techniques are applied in conservation-planning initiatives to allocate conservation resources. Although typically they are based on…”
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Relationship between conservation biology and ecology shown through machine reading of 32,000 articles by Hintzen, Rogier E., Papadopoulou, Marina, Mounce, Ross, Banks‐Leite, Cristina, Holt, Robert D., Mills, Morena, T. Knight, Andrew, Leroi, Armand M., Rosindell, James

“…Conservation biology was founded on the idea that efforts to save nature depend on a scientific understanding of how it works. It sought to apply ecological…”
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Locating financial incentives among diverse motivations for long-term private land conservation by Selinske, Matthew J., Cooke, Benjamin, Torabi, Nooshin, Hardy, Mathew J., Knight, Andrew T., Bekessy, Sarah A.

“…A variety of policy instruments are used to promote the conservation of biodiversity on private land. These instruments are often employed in unison to…”
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The use, and usefulness, of spatial conservation prioritizations by Sinclair, Samuel P., Milner‐Gulland, E.J., Smith, Robert J., McIntosh, Emma J., Possingham, Hugh P., Vercammen, Ans, Knight, Andrew T.

“…Spatial conservation prioritization is used globally to guide decision making with the aim of delivering the best conservation gain per unit investment…”
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Synergies for improving oil palm production and forest conservation in floodplain landscapes by Abram, Nicola K, Xofis, Panteleimon, Tzanopoulos, Joseph, MacMillan, Douglas C, Ancrenaz, Marc, Chung, Robin, Peter, Lucy, Ong, Robert, Lackman, Isabelle, Goossens, Benoit, Ambu, Laurentius, Knight, Andrew T

“…Lowland tropical forests are increasingly threatened with conversion to oil palm as global demand and high profit drives crop expansion throughout the world's…”
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Should I stay or should I go? Understanding stakeholder dis/engagement for deforestation‐free palm oil by Delabre, Izabela, Lyons‐White, Joss, Melot, Clara, Veggeberg, Eirik Ingwardo, Alexander, Anthony, Schleper, Martin C., Ewers, Robert M., Knight, Andrew T.

“…Addressing tropical deforestation in the palm oil sector involves a diverse range of stakeholders who engage or disengage with each other. Palm oil global…”
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The Application of Wearable Technology to Quantify Health and Wellbeing Co-benefits From Urban Wetlands by Reeves, Jonathan P, Knight, Andrew T, Strong, Emily A, Heng, Victor, Neale, Chris, Cromie, Ruth, Vercammen, Ans

“…Improved nature provision in urban environments offers great potential for achieving both biodiversity conservation and public health objectives. Yet there are…”
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Identifying Where REDD+ Financially Out-Competes Oil Palm in Floodplain Landscapes Using a Fine-Scale Approach by Abram, Nicola K, MacMillan, Douglas C, Xofis, Panteleimon, Ancrenaz, Marc, Tzanopoulos, Joseph, Ong, Robert, Goossens, Benoit, Koh, Lian Pin, Del Valle, Christian, Peter, Lucy, Morel, Alexandra C, Lackman, Isabelle, Chung, Robin, Kler, Harjinder, Ambu, Laurentius, Baya, William, Knight, Andrew T

“…Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) aims to avoid forest conversion to alternative land-uses through financial incentives…”
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Applying Social Research Techniques to Improve the Effectiveness of Conservation Planning by Raymond, Christopher M, Knight, Andrew T

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Key factors driving attitudes towards large mammals in conflict with humans by Kansky, Ruth, Knight, Andrew T.

“…•We reviewed factors predicted to determine attitudes towards damage causing wildlife.•Two thirds of factors were mostly not significant in explaining…”
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Understanding drivers of human tolerance to gray wolves and brown bears as a strategy to improve landholder–carnivore coexistence by Marino, Filippo, Kansky, Ruth, Shivji, Irene, Di Croce, Antonio, Ciucci, Paolo, Knight, Andrew T.

“…Despite recent recovery of large carnivores throughout Europe such as the brown bear (Ursus arctos) and the gray wolf (Canis lupus), some of their populations…”
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Effective conservation planning requires learning and adaptation by Grantham, Hedley S, Bode, Michael, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Game, Edward T, Knight, Andrew T, Possingham, Hugh P

“…Conservation decisions often involve uncertainty about the underlying ecological and social systems and, in particular, how these systems will respond to the…”
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Designing Large-Scale Conservation Corridors for Pattern and Process by ROUGET, MATHIEU, COWLING, RICHARD M., LOMBARD, AMANDA T., KNIGHT, ANDREW T., KERLEY, GRAHAM I.H.

“…A major challenge for conservation assessments is to identify priority areas that incorporate biological patterns and processes. Because large-scale processes…”
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“Splitting the bill” for conservation: Perceptions and uptake of financial incentives by landholders managing privately protected areas by Selinske, Matthew J., Howard, Natasha, Fitzsimons, James A., Hardy, Mathew J., Knight, Andrew T.

“…Globally, privately protected area (PPA) programs are increasing in size and number. Participating in a PPA program can be fiscally challenging for landholders…”
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