Assessing Attitudes Toward Wildlife Ownership in United States–Mexico Borderlands

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ID12164300
AutoresM Nils Peterson (0000-0002-4246-1206, North Carolina State University, autor correspondente), Angélica López (0000-0003-4806-0494, Texas A&M University), Angela G Mertig (0000-0002-1559-5700, Middle Tennessee State University), Jianguo Liu (0000-0001-6344-0087, Michigan State University)
Ano2011
Volume24
Fascículo9
Páginas962-971
Data de publicação2011-03-10
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociety & Natural Resources (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0894-1920 • E-ISSN: 1521-0723
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08941920903484271
OpenAlexW2017105305
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas27

Public attitudes toward wildlife ownership represent an important and poorly studied component of biodiversity conservation. We began addressing this knowledge gap by interviewing residents along 140 km of the United States side of the farthest southeastern border with Mexico (n = 402). After controlling for demographic variables, urban background (β = 0.13) and land ownership (β = −0.19) predicted attitudes regarding wildlife ownership (p < .05). Most exurban respondents considered wildlife public property (72%), and rural respondents were divided (48% considered wildlife public property). Non-Latino whites demonstrated a stronger positive correlation between land ownership and considering wildlife private property (r p = 0.81) than Latinos (r p = 0.23). These results suggest exurban immigrants will strengthen support for public ownership of wildlife in borderland contexts. The positive relationship between agricultural land ownership and thinking wildlife should be private property may weaken in borderland areas if Latinos regain agricultural land ownership

Agriculture · Biodiversity · Business · Economics · Environmental protection · Geography · Interview · Land tenure · Land use · Political science · Public economics · Public land · Public ownership · Socioeconomics · Wildlife · Wildlife conservation · Wildlife management · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Ecology