Gendered risk perceptions associated with human-wildlife conflict: Implications for participatory conservation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Gore, Meredith L ^a   Kahler, Jessica S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; CONCEPT MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FIRE; FLOODING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT; LIVELIHOOD; MALE; NAMIBIA; NOISE POLLUTION; OCCUPATION AND OCCUPATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; POLYGAMY; POVERTY; PREDATION RISK; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WATER POLLUTION; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ADOLESCENT; CONFLICT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RISK; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857736789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032901     Document Type: Article

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