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Communicating information about the psychology of a wild carnivore, the red fox, influences perceived attitudinal changes but not overall tolerance in people

2023-11-14

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Studies on wild animal psychology are growing in popularity due to the important role they play in understanding how wildlife is responding to human-driven environmental changes. However, communicating psychological information to the general public could undermine specific conservation objectives by encouraging greater persecution of a species (e.g., “bold” predators). Through a national-level survey (n = 1,364 p...

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Literature Corpus work: 06cb6b83-b496-53d4-b590-9a2accda7dd8
DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.10.566575

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