Ecology of Conflict: Marine Food Supply Affects Human-Wildlife Interactions on Land

• Main Authors: Artelle, Kyle A., Anderson, Sean, Reynolds, John D., Cooper, Andrew B., Paquet, Paul C., Darimont, Chris T.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: WBI Studies Repository 2016
• Subjects: Animal Studies; Other Anthropology; Social Psychology and Interaction; British Columbia; Canada; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/humint/5; https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/context/humint/article/1004/viewcontent/ecology_of_conflict.pdf

Human-wildlife conflicts impose considerable costs to people and wildlife worldwide. Most research focuses on proximate causes, offering limited generalizable understanding of ultimate drivers. We tested three competing hypotheses (problem individuals, regional population saturation, limited food su...