Clarifying values, risk perceptions, and attitudes to resolve or avoid social conflicts in invasive species management

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-30

  Estévez, Rodrigo A ^a,b   Anderson, Christopher B ^c,d   Pizarro, J Cristobal ^e   Burgman, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Avenida Vicuña Mackenna   (Chile)

^c Onas 450   (Argentina)

^d CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Cognitive hierarchy theory; Non native species; Publication trends; Risk analysis; Science and society; Social dimensions

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESEARCH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CONFLICT; STAKEHOLDER;

ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA;

ATTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS;

EID: 84921418318     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12359     Document Type: Review

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