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Ranking of Tools and Methods
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.
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Tools and methods that were identified in written responses as among their top three research needs involving human-wildlife conflicts |
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Research priority |
No. of Respondents |
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Lethal control methods |
24 |
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Repellents/nonlethal methods |
22 |
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Economics |
20 |
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Management techniques |
19 |
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Impact assessments |
19 |
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Ecological information |
13 |
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Population monitoring/dynamics |
12 |
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Vaccine development |
4 |
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Reproductive inhibition |
4 |
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Bait delivery methods |
1 |
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Genetics |
1 |
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Tools and methods most frequently cited in written responses by state and private respondents as their highest priority research need involving human-wildlife conflict |
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Research priority |
No. of Respondents |
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Management techniques |
10 |
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Impact assessments |
3 |
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Lethal methods |
3 |
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Vaccines |
2 |
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Economics |
1 |
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Repellents/nonlethal methods |
1 |
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