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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Conservation behavior"”.
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The Effect of Pretesting on the Training of Conservation Behavior
… of the training procedures designed to increase conservation behavior.
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Values-based communication strategies for promoting conservation behavior in aquatic ecosystems
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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The Impact of Zoo Live Animal Experiences on Students' Propensity to Engage in Conservation Behavior
… strategies support their missions, which target conservation outcomes. This study seeks to shed light on this gap by analyzing the impact that live animals have on offsite program participants' interests in animals and subsequent conservation outcomes. The theoretical lens is derived from the …
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Effect of fear and representations of great white sharks on great white shark conservation behavior
… species under the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list. This study uses the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to test how different factors such as attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control along with representations and fear of great white sharks …
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Conservation Behavior Outcomes and Drivers of Participation in a Conservation Research Program on Private Lands
… Despite the importance of private lands for conservation, they remain understudied by conservation scientists. Conservation research programs that study private lands biodiversity not only help to fill this research gap but may also contribute more broadly to private lands conservation by …
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Energy-efficient housing alternatives: a predictive model of factors affecting household perceptions
… factors, dwelling characteristics, energy conservation behavior, and energy attitude on the perceptions of energy-efficient housing alternatives. Perceptions of passive solar, active solar, earth- sheltered, and retrofitted housing were examined. Data used were from the Southern Regional …
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Agriculture and conservation in Illinois: landscape values and geographical influences on beliefs and behaviors
… between farmers' land value orientations, conservation land ethics, and perceived responsibility to understand the psychological incentives behind conservation behaviors. A mail survey was administered to 3,000 randomly sampled agriculture producers in Illinois during 2015 (32% response …
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Three Essays on Land Conservation Programs
… dissertation is a comprehensive study of land conservation programs. The first essay investigates the optimal contract length of land conservation programs when a policy maker tries to maximize total environmental benefits from participation under a budget constraint. Result suggests that the …
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Factors influencing the adoption of soil conservation practices in Virginia's Piedmont Bright Leaf Erosion Control Area
The conservation behavior of a sample of farmers in the Piedmont Bright Leaf Erosion Control Area of Virginia is examined to determine the factors which influence the farmers' decisions to use soil conservation practices. The relationship between farmers' use of conservation tillage and other …
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The Role of Comparative Electricity Use Feedback at the Building Level in University Research Buildings
… energy systems, and encouraging energy saving behavior. This study evaluated the differential effects of two forms of feedback on electricity consumption in two groups of research buildings on a college campus to determine whether providing feedback to energy users has an impact on energy …
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Energy intensity in China's iron and steel sector
… energy intensity and to encourage energy conservation behavior in China's iron and steel sector, I make three simulations based on the (1) shifts in direct energy efficiency in the sector, (2) coke consumption during the iron and steel making processes, and (3) manufacturing material …
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A Study of the Reported Long-Term Attitudinal and Behavioral Effects of an Eighth-Grade Environmental Education Project and the Development of an Innovation Configuration to Promote Environmental Education
… long-term positive environmental attitudes and behaviors.</p> <p><em>Purpose. </em> This study is an attempt to discover how effective the Mission Environment project (ME) was in contributing to long-term, positive environmental attitudes and behaviors among the participating students.</p> …
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Building Eco-Informatics: Examining the Dynamics of Eco-Feedback Design and Peer Networks to Achieve Sustainable Reductions in Energy Consumption
… systems to encourage energy efficient behavior and reduce building energy consumption. A normative eco-feedback system provides building occupants with information regarding their own energy consumption and the energy consumption of others in their peer network. While such eco-feedback …
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Human-nature relationships and nutrient management practices of Illinois farmers
… the general populations studied previously. (3) Conservation interests among farmers are expected to be positively related to ecocentric tendencies and negatively with anthropocentric tendencies. The relative strengths of associations between relationship types and conservation are expected to …
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Building a Comprehensive Understanding of Disturbance Mitigation in Migrating Shorebirds
… and reducing disturbance presents a significant conservation challenge. It requires an understanding of the complex factors that influence both shorebird biology and human behavior related to shorebirds and coastal environments. This thesis used information from ecological and social science …
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Behavior and conservation: hellbender reproductive behavioral responses to poor water quality and the value of private lands research for conservation outreach
The behavior of humans and animals is an important component of conservation. The way people behave can cause environmental harm, but it also can be a solution to conservation challenges. Similarly, wildlife can respond to changing environments in ways that are detrimental to their survival, but …
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Expanding Audience Engagement with State Wildlife Agencies: Strategies for Supporting Diverse Participation
… expected to meet accelerating wildlife conservation needs while addressing systemic problems that limit who has historically been able to access wildlife and conservation. To effectively address both of these needs, agencies need to better understand their constituencies, including both …
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Exploring the “Where” and the “Why” of Conservation Easements: The Role of Community-level Factors in the Likelihood of Adoption
Over the past several decades conservation easements have seen immense growth in their popularity. There are now over 40 million acres of easement land in the United States, up from only 1.4 million in 1998. A significant body of research exists on easements, factors that lead to their adoption, …
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Dolphin Behavioral Responses to Uncrewed Aerial Systems as a Function of Exposure, Height, and Type
… The dolphins were evaluated for investigative behavioral responses to six off-the-shelf UAS types and a custom fixed wing system. Each UAS was flown in decreasing height vertically above the main dolphin lagoon to evaluate dolphin behavioral responses in terms of number of looks and duration of …
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