Predictive potential of wildlife value orientations for acceptability of management interventions

Jacobs, Maarten H.; Vaske, Jerry J.; Sijtsma, Mette T. J.

doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2014.03.005

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“…Reliability figures in the United States , Germany (Hermann et al, 2013), and The Netherlands (Jacobs et al, 2014;Vaske, Jacobs, & Sijtsma, 2011) for domination were .83, .85, and .85, respectively, all exceeding the Cronbach's alphas of .74 in our Muslim sample. On the other hand, reliability for domination in a Danish sample was .68.…”

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“…The survey in Denmark revealed Cronbach's alphas for domination and mutualism of .68 and .86, respectively (Gamborg & Jensen, 2016), thus indicating considerably lower, yet still adequate, reliability for domination. Also, WVOs predicted wildlife-related attitudes and behaviors , conservation support (Hermann et al, 2013), and acceptability of wildlife management interventions (Jacobs et al, 2014;Sijtsma, Vaske, & Jacobs, 2012), with explained variability of up to 44%. In a cross-cultural study, using a subset of WVO items in nine European countries (Teel et al, 2010), alphas for domination were low, probably due to the inclusion of only a subset of items.…”

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“…The concept of Wildlife Value Orientations (WVOs) is often suggested as a useful entry point for understanding human-wildlife issues in the global context (Manfredo & Dayer, 2004). The concept addresses basic cognitions pertaining to wildlife that might exist across cultures (Teel, Manfredo, & Stinchfield, 2007), and research has demonstrated that WVOs predict specific attitudes and behaviors (see Jacobs, Vaske, & Sijtsma, 2014, for a recent overview). Yet, the usefulness of WVOs for understanding global or cross-cultural wildlife issues hinges on the applicability of the associated scales across cultures.…”

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“…Quantitative studies in the United States , Germany (Hermann, Voß, & Menzel, 2013), The Netherlands (Jacobs et al, 2014) and Denmark (Gamborg & Jensen, 2016) have all used the same measurement instrument. These studies demonstrated that the quantitative WVO scales are applicable in these four Western nations, based on their findings of the reliability of the scales and their predictive validity for more specific cognitions.…”

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“…Two research questions guided our study: (a) To what extent are the WVO scales reliable, and (b) To what extent do WVOs predict acceptability of lethal wildlife control across three human-wildlife problem situations? Acceptability of lethal control was chosen as the dependent variable as previous research suggest that this concept is especially well predicted by WVOs (Jacobs et al, 2014;Whittaker et al, 2006;Zinn, Manfredo, Vaske, & Wittmann, 1998). In addition, lethal control is one of the management practices conducted by responsible agencies (Department of Wildlife and National Parks of Peninsular Malaysia, 2006; 2013; "Veterinary Services Department declares rabies outbreak in three states," 2015) as well as individuals (Azhar et al, 2013) in Malaysia to eradicate problem animals and hence, lethal control is likely to be a salient issue.…”

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The Applicability of Wildlife Value Orientations Scales to a Muslim Student Sample in Malaysia

Abidin

Jacobs

2016

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

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This article addresses the applicability of quantitative wildlife value orientation scales in Muslim students in Malaysia. As Malaysian culture is deeply influenced by Islam ideology, this article presents a case for addressing the cross-cultural applicability of the scales. The current wildlife value orientation scales were reliable-all Cronbach's alphas ≥ .65-and had predictive validity-8 to 14% of variance of acceptability of lethal control was explained. Yet, both reliability and predictive validity were of lesser magnitude than figures in previous Western studies. Especially the hunting beliefs scale did not reflect basic thinking about wildlife in our sample, and our data suggest two different hunting dimensions-consequences of hunting for wildlife and human opportunities for hunting. For future cross-cultural comparisons of wildlife value orientations, amendment of the scales to better reflect salient beliefs in non-Western nations is recommended.

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Public opinion about management strategies for a low‐profile species across multiple jurisdictions: Whitebark pine in the northern Rockies

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As public land managers seek to adopt and implement conservation measures aimed at reversing or slowing the negative effects of climate change, they are looking to understand public opinion regarding different management strategies. This study explores drivers of attitudes towards different management strategies (i.e. no management, protection and restoration) for a low‐profile but keystone tree species, the whitebark pine Pinus albicaulis, in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Since the whitebark pine species has a range that traverses different federal land designations, we examine whether attitudes towards management strategies differ by jurisdiction (i.e. wilderness or federal lands more generally). We conducted a web and mail survey of residents from Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, with 1,617 valid responses and a response rate of 16%. We find that active management strategies have substantially higher levels of support than does no management, with relatively little differentiation across protection and restoration activities or across different land designations. We also find that support for management strategies is not influenced by values (political ideology) but is influenced by beliefs (about material vs. post‐material environmental orientation, global climate change and federal spending for public lands) and some measures of experience (e.g. knowledge of threats). This study helps land managers understand that support for active management of the whitebark pine species is considerable and non‐partisan and that beliefs and experience with whitebark pine trees are important for support. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.

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Predictive potential of wildlife value orientations for acceptability of management interventions

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The Applicability of Wildlife Value Orientations Scales to a Muslim Student Sample in Malaysia

The Applicability of Wildlife Value Orientations Scales to a Muslim Student Sample in Malaysia

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Public opinion about management strategies for a low‐profile species across multiple jurisdictions: Whitebark pine in the northern Rockies

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