Danial Nayeri

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🐻 New Research - Who welcomes the bear: Evidence for a disconnect between attitudes and acceptability of killing brown bears ➡️ buff.ly/d4hqs0t

A study in Iran recommends gender-inclusive outreach and economic diversification for bear conservation

I'm happy to share our new article, published in People and Nature, in collaboration with a great team including @danialnayeri.bsky.social, Alireza Mohammadi, Alistair Bath, and Mohammad Farhadinia, exploring attitudes toward killing brown bears.

📍Read Reyhane’s great summary of our new paper!

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Science friends!

Many of you, alarmed by grant funding cuts that make expensive field ecology research difficult or impossible, have been thinking about what to do instead. Great idea.

Some of you have been saying "I'll just do some social science surveys," without learning how. Bad idea! 🧵🧪

Accessible birding in the United States: constraints to and facilitators of birding with disabilities While approximately one-quarter of the U.S. population has a disability, many people with disabilities remain excluded from equitable participation in birding. In this study, we compared the constr...

How can #birding be more accessible to people with #disability? See our research on constraints and facilitators!

6/ Bottom line: Managing free-ranging dogs & cats in urban areas is a “wicked problem” requiring interdisciplinary solutions. Collaboration, education, and humane strategies are critical. #UrbanEcology

5/ Management recommendations: Improve waste management to limit food sources, communicate with pet owners to reduce feeding, and foster community-driven solutions to bridge polarized views. #ConservationSolutions

4/ Alternatives to culling like spaying, waste management, and sheltering were favored. Culling was largely viewed as ineffective for managing FRDs & FRCs. Feeding bans were also seen as ineffective. #Sustainability

3/ Religious beliefs play a key role. Those viewing dogs as “Najis” (ritually impure) were less likely to feed & more likely to support culling. Yet most respondents opposed culling, except in cases of human attacks or disease. #SocietyAndCulture

2/ We found: 63% fed FRDs, 59% fed FRCs—mostly with food leftovers. Feeding is often driven by compassion, religious beliefs, or fun. Feeding outside neighborhoods is common, raising social & environmental issues.

(PDF) Furry neighbours: Acceptability of feeding and managing free‐ranging dogs and cats in an urban area PDF | There is an increasing interest in researching urban invasion. When invasive species establish and spread in urban areas, their management becomes... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...

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#Human_Dimensions of #Invasive_Species:
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Free-ranging dogs (FRDs) & cats (FRCs) pose conservation and public health challenges globally. This study explored feeding practices & public attitudes towards managing them in a city in Iran.

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Some of my key interests:

-Tackling polarizing issues like invasive species management and clashing values in conservation.

-Examining the cultural and social factors that shape behaviors toward wildlife.

-Using quantitative methods (hello, SEM!) to uncover insights in conservation psychology.

Hi everyone! 👋 Since many of us have migrated here from X, I thought it’d be a great time to introduce myself.

I’m Danial, a PhD student exploring the human dimensions of wildlife. My research dives into understanding how people interact with wildlife to foster coexistence and address conflicts. 🌿🦌