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WS 2011 Research Needs Assessment

Ranking of Tools and Methods

In their written answers on the Wildlife Services Research Needs Assessment, respondents described a variety of priority needs with regard to the development of tools and methods for managing wildlife conflicts. Improved lethal methods topped the list, followed closely by new or improved repellents and/or nonlethal, economic information about the impacts of various types of conflicts or the cost-effectiveness of management methods, improved management techniques in general, and assessment of impacts of wildlife. The overwhelming number of state and private respondents expressed a general need for improved management techniques, without specifying lethal or nonlethal.

Tools and methods that were identified in written responses as among their top three research needs involving human-wildlife conflicts

Research priority	No. of Respondents
Lethal control methods	24
Repellents/nonlethal methods	22
Economics	20
Management techniques	19
Impact assessments	19
Ecological information	13
Population monitoring/dynamics	12
Vaccine development	4
Reproductive inhibition	4
Bait delivery methods	1
Genetics	1

Tools and methods most frequently cited in written responses by state and private respondents as their highest priority research need involving human-wildlife conflict

Research priority	No. of Respondents
Management techniques	10
Impact assessments	3
Lethal methods	3
Vaccines	2
Economics	1
Repellents/nonlethal methods	1

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