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4 - Strategies

Managing to Minimize Conflicts between Pests and People

from Part I - Maintaining Populations of Featured Species: A Utilitarian Approach to Conservation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2023

Bertie J. Weddell
Bertie J. Weddell
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Washington State University
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Utilitarian conservation attempts to minimize or eliminate populations of species that are viewed as pests because they cause economic damage or threaten the health and safety of people or domesticated organisms. People disagree about what constitutes a pest. Pigeons, English sparrows, wolves, tigers, and many other organisms inspire strong positive and negative feelings. Pest control is most acceptable if it is non-lethal and has little effect on non-target species. Integrated pest management strives to use biological pest control, habitat manipulation, and education to maximize the efficiency of pest control. Historically, predators were targeted by government control programs including bounties, but Aldo Leopold changed his attitude about wolves in the influential essay Thinking Like a Mountain. Human behavior toward dangerous animals such as bears may exacerbate pest problems.

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Integrated pest managementlethal controlAldo LeopoldtigersEnglish sparrowsbearspigeonswolvesThinking Like a Mountainwildlife-people interactions
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Conservation in the Context of a Changing World
Concepts, Strategies, and Evidence
 , pp. 88 - 114
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Strategies
  • Bertie J. Weddell, Washington State University
  • Book: Conservation in the Context of a Changing World
  • Online publication: 28 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108985987.007
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  • Strategies
  • Bertie J. Weddell, Washington State University
  • Book: Conservation in the Context of a Changing World
  • Online publication: 28 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108985987.007
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