All carnivores are not equal in the rural people's view : should we develop conservation plans for functional guilds or individual species in the face of conflicts?

Trajçe, Aleksandër; Ivanov, Gjorge; Keçi, Erjola; Majić, Aleksandra; Melovski, Dime; Mersini, Kujtim; Mustafa, Sabit; Skrbinšek, Tomaž; Stojanov, Aleksandar; Todorovska, Aleksandra; von Arx, Manuela; Linnell, John D.C.

doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00677

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26192

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	All carnivores are not equal in the rural people's view : should we develop conservation plans for functional guilds or individual species in the face of conflicts?
Authors:	Trajçe, Aleksandër Ivanov, Gjorge Keçi, Erjola Majić, Aleksandra Melovski, Dime Mersini, Kujtim Mustafa, Sabit Skrbinšek, Tomaž Stojanov, Aleksandar Todorovska, Aleksandra von Arx, Manuela Linnell, John D.C.
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00677 10.21256/zhaw-26192
Published in:	Global Ecology and Conservation
Volume(Issue):	19
Issue:	e00677
Issue Date:	2019
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Elsevier
ISSN:	2351-9894
Language:	English
Subjects:	Large carnivore; Human–wildlife conflict; Human dimension; Albania; Macedonia; Bear; Wolf; Lynx
Subject (DDC):	333: Economics of land and resources 590: Animals (Zoology)
Abstract:	We tested differences in attitudes towards bears, wolves and lynx among the rural public in Albania and Macedonia through information collected from a questionnaire survey (n = 759). Wolves were the species with the least positive attitudes among the rural public and had the lowest support for conservation compared with bears and lynx. In addition, conflict perception of wolves was higher than for bears and lynx. We argue that, based on species specific differences in public attitudes, conservation initiatives and management plans for large carnivores should deal with wolves separately from bears and lynx, as lower public support for wolves might jeopardise the conservation of the two other large carnivores. Bears and lynx can be potentially treated together in conservation initiatives based on the similar levels of public support for conservation, however, from a conflict-management point of view, all three species need to be addressed separately.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/26192
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial - No derivatives 4.0 International
Departement:	Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
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Trajçe, A., Ivanov, G., Keçi, E., Majić, A., Melovski, D., Mersini, K., Mustafa, S., Skrbinšek, T., Stojanov, A., Todorovska, A., von Arx, M., & Linnell, J. D. C. (2019). All carnivores are not equal in the rural people’s view : should we develop conservation plans for functional guilds or individual species in the face of conflicts? Global Ecology and Conservation, 19(e00677). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00677

Trajçe, A. et al. (2019) ‘All carnivores are not equal in the rural people’s view : should we develop conservation plans for functional guilds or individual species in the face of conflicts?’, Global Ecology and Conservation, 19(e00677). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00677.

A. Trajçe et al., “All carnivores are not equal in the rural people’s view : should we develop conservation plans for functional guilds or individual species in the face of conflicts?,” Global Ecology and Conservation, vol. 19, no. e00677, 2019, doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00677.

TRAJÇE, Aleksandër, Gjorge IVANOV, Erjola KEÇI, Aleksandra MAJIĆ, Dime MELOVSKI, Kujtim MERSINI, Sabit MUSTAFA, Tomaž SKRBINŠEK, Aleksandar STOJANOV, Aleksandra TODOROVSKA, Manuela VON ARX und John D.C. LINNELL, 2019. All carnivores are not equal in the rural people’s view : should we develop conservation plans for functional guilds or individual species in the face of conflicts? Global Ecology and Conservation. 2019. Bd. 19, Nr. e00677. DOI 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00677

Trajçe, Aleksandër, Gjorge Ivanov, Erjola Keçi, Aleksandra Majić, Dime Melovski, Kujtim Mersini, Sabit Mustafa, et al. 2019. “All Carnivores Are Not Equal in the Rural People’s View : Should We Develop Conservation Plans for Functional Guilds or Individual Species in the Face of Conflicts?” Global Ecology and Conservation 19 (e00677). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00677.

Trajçe, Aleksandër, et al. “All Carnivores Are Not Equal in the Rural People’s View : Should We Develop Conservation Plans for Functional Guilds or Individual Species in the Face of Conflicts?” Global Ecology and Conservation, vol. 19, no. e00677, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00677.