Sandra De Urioste-Stone

Biographic Data

ID3100407
NAMESandra De Urioste-Stone
GIVEN NAMESSandra
FAMILY NAMEDe Urioste-Stone
SIGNATUREDE URIOSTE-STONE S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Maine
ORCID0000-0002-7284-649X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS9
WORKS AS AUTHOR12
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Does Sending a Printed Survey as the Final Reminder Boost Response Rate? A Mixed Mode Approach

    Lydia Horne, Alyssa R Soucy et al.ARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2026References: 5

    Declining response rates in social science surveys are a widespread challenge for human dimensions of natural resources researchers. In this research note, we tested two modes for the final survey reminder: a letter reminding the recipient to complete the survey and a printed survey. Despite the cost of printing and mailing a survey, this approach increased our response rate and had a better return on investment. Additionally, paper survey respon…

  • Tourists and epidemics

    Open AccessElizabeth Pellecer Rivera, Sandra De Urioste-Stone et al.ARTICLECurrent Issues in Tourism2025

    Globally, the tourism industry has shown to be vulnerable to emerging infectious diseases outbreaks (i.e. COVID-19, Ebola, H1N1). In general, these diseases are often novel and unknown; therefore, news media becomes a key informative communication channel. We conducted a content analysis of newsprint media published between 2010 and 2019 that focused on two recent emerging epidemics in the Americas, Zika virus and chikungunya, and tourism. The re…

  • Perceptions of moose health and support for hunting as a management strategy against parasitism

    Lydia Horne, Asha DiMatteo-LePape et al.ARTICLEHuman Dimensions of Wildlife2025

  • Enhancing Conservation Science Through Transdisciplinary Practices

    Open AccessEvan L Salcido, Lydia Horne et al.ARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2025

    The field of conservation science has seen increasing calls for research transcending traditional academic boundaries, but concerns remain as to whether such work can translate into practical guidance and toolsets for conservationists. This literature review seeks to provide emerging scholars and practitioners of transdisciplinary research with a contemporary assessment of transdisciplinary practices to enhance their conservation science research…

  • A Delphi Assessment of Digital Technology Needs in the Eastern US Forest Sector

    Open AccessEvan L Salcido, Alyssa R Soucy et al.ARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2025References: 6

  • Involving People in Conservation

    Open AccessAlyssa R Soucy, Sandra De Urioste-Stone et al.ARTICLEConservation and Society2024

    Environmental conservation groups involve people in diverse ways. These include participatory spaces where people can participate in decision-making and action and engagement processes, where groups communicate, educate, and conduct outreach to build environmental understanding and involve audiences in conservation activities. We explored the perceptions and experiences of conservation practitioners in Maine, USA, to understand their views of par…

  • Adoption of community-based strategies for sustainable vector control and prevention

    Open AccessElizabeth Pellecer Rivera, Margarita Rivera Arrivillaga et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Community engagement strategies provide tools for sustainable vector-borne disease control. A previous cluster randomized control trial engaged nine intervention communities in seven participatory activities to promote management of the domestic and peri-domestic environment to reduce risk factors for vector-borne Chagas disease. This study aims to assess the adoption of this innovative community-based strategy, which included chickens' managemen…

  • Drivers of Climate Change Risk Perceptions among Diverse Forest Stakeholders in Maine, USA

    Alyssa R Soucy, Sandra De Urioste-Stone et al.ARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2021Cited by: 2References: 4

    Climate change is impacting forest ecosystems, which support key ecosystem services and the general well-being of natural resource-dependent communities in Northeastern, USA. Understanding the determinants of climate change risk perceptions among forest resource stakeholders is critical to eliciting broad support for adaptation. We examined social-psychological drivers of climate change risk perceptions using hierarchical regression based on an o…

  • Understanding characteristics of forest professionals and small woodlot owners for communicating climate change adaptation

    Open AccessAlyssa R Soucy, Sandra De Urioste-Stone et al.ARTICLETrees Forests and People2020

    Forest stakeholders are a highly heterogeneous group with varied perceptions that are important to consider when engaging in dialog to increase climate change adaptation. We conducted an online survey of two forestry groups in Maine, U.S., classified as (1) forest professionals, and (2) small woodlot owners. We compared their climate change risk perceptions, socio-cultural influences, information sources, self-efficacy, barriers and incentives to…

  • Cognitions toward black bear hunting in Maine

    Francesca A Gundrum, Carly C Sponarski et al.ARTICLEHuman Dimensions of Wildlife2020

    Media plays an integral role in informing the public of wildlife management decisions and stakeholder perceptions. We analyzed the presence of different cognitions via a quantitative content analysis (QCA) of print news media surrounding Maine’s bear hunting referendums. In Maine, there were two referendums to ban baiting, hounding, and trapping that narrowly failed. This article investigated the representation of debate themes in public discours…

  • Understanding the Perceived Effectiveness of Applying the Visitor Experience and Resource Protection (Verp) Framework for Recreation Planning

    Open AccessJessica P Fefer, Jessica Fefer et al.ARTICLEQualitative Report2018References: 3

    The Visitor Experience and Resource Protection (VERP) framework is a planning framework developed by the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) to help guide visitor use planning and decision-making in U.S. national parks. The research reported here highlights the perceptions of park practitioners about major successes and challenges associated with visitor management and recreation planning using the VERP framework. We used a qualitative multiple case…

  • Weather sensitivity and climate change perceptions of tourists

    Emily Wilkins, Sandra De Urioste-Stone et al.ARTICLETourism Geographies2018Cited by: 7References: 52

    Many communities rely on tourism spending, so it is important to understand any potential changes to tourist flows resulting from changing climate and weather patterns. However, tourists are not a homogenous group, as they have different motivations, values, and goals. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation is to better understand potentially varying perceptions and behavior of different tourist types, specifically in regards to their weath…