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The role and origins of human attitudes in Human-Wildlife Conflict responses: Insights from Spectacled Bears (Tremarctos ornatus) and other wild carnivores in Southern Ecuador
F Lopes, Mateo Peñaherrera‐Aguirre, Rodrigo Cisneros
The paper examines how human attitudes, not economic factors, predict retaliatory responses to wildlife conflict in southern Ecuador, focusing on spectacled bears and other carnivores.
DOI 10.64898/2026.03.29.715142