Human behaviors can determine the success of efforts to restore predators to ecosystems. While behaviors such as lethal predator control may impede predator restoration, other land management practices can facilitate coexistence between predators and humans. Socio‐psychological theories provide useful tools for understanding and improving these human behaviors. We explore three frameworks to understand what shapes Australian livestock graziers' behaviors with regards to management of the threat that dingoes pose to livestock. These frameworks are the theory of reasoned action (incorporating values and beliefs about dingoes), the social identity approach, and perception of risk. We distributed a survey to Australian graziers by mail and online (n = 138) which allowed recording of information on these three frameworks and their engagement in lethal dingo control. Among the respondents, we found that all three frameworks were linked with lethal dingo control when assessed individually, but when combined in a hierarchical regression, only social identity (specifically, identifying as an “environmentalist” or “pest controller”) was significant in predicting behavior. This result reveals the strength of social norms and normative beliefs over perceived risk in shaping behavior. As such, social identity is a useful metric for predicting and understanding environmental management behavior. Determining what these social identities mean in a given context is important for identifying how to implement behavior change to promote evidence‐based management that facilitates restoration of wildlife such as predators to landscapes where conflict with humans occurs.

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将社会身份，风险感知和行为心理学联系起来，以了解畜牧生产者对捕食者的管理

人类行为可以决定使捕食者恢复生态系统的努力是否成功。尽管诸如致命的掠食者控制之类的行为可能会阻碍掠食者的恢复，但其他土地管理实践也可以促进掠食者与人类之间的共存。社会心理学理论为理解和改善这些人类行为提供了有用的工具。我们探索三个框架来了解在控制野狗对牲畜构成威胁方面澳大利亚牲畜吃草者行为的影响。这些框架是理性行动的理论（结合了关于流浪者的价值观和信念），社会认同方法和风险感知。我们通过邮件和在线方式向澳大利亚放牧者分发了一份调查问卷（n= 138），这允许记录有关这三个框架的信息以及它们在致死野鸭控制中的参与。在受访者中，我们发现，当单独评估时，所有三个框架都与致死性流浪者控制相关联，但是当结合等级回归进行评估时，只有社会认同感（具体而言，被标识为“环境主义者”或“害虫控制者”）才是重要的行为。该结果揭示了社会规范和规范性信念对塑造行为的感知风险的优势。因此，社会身份是预测和理解环境管理行为的有用指标。