Managers' perspectives on the human dimensions of human-wildlife habituation in National Parks : report from a survey of National Park Service managers / Heather Wieczorek Hudenko, Bruce Connery.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Wieczorek Hudenko, Heather, author.

Connery, Bruce, author.

Contributor:

United States. National Park Service. Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, issuing body.

Series:

Natural resources report ; 2013/629.

Natural resource report ; NPS/BRMD/NRR--2013/629

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National parks and reserves--United States.

National parks and reserves.

Human-animal relationships--United States.

Human-animal relationships.

Wildlife management--United States.

Wildlife management.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 24 pages) : illustrations, color map.

Other Title:

Report from a survey of National Park Service managers

Place of Publication:

Fort Collins, Colorado : U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, 2013.

Contents:

Introduction. Wildlife habituation from the human perspective

A collaborative project between the National Park Service and Cornell University

Description of survey. Purpose and design

Implementation

Findings. Extent and nature of habituation

Management activities and habituation

Visitors and habituation

Management needs

Conclusions. Food conditioning

Visitor attitudes and behaviors

Visitor management

Implications. Continuum of tolerance

When is habituation an issue?

Information needs.

Notes:

"NPS 909/119805, February 2013"--Page ii.

"Experience your America"--Page 4 of cover.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (NPS website, viewed September 8, 2020).

OCLC:

1193567893