Abstract

In private land dominated landscapes, the landowners’ role identities may affect land management behaviors that, in turn, can dramatically influence native biodiversity. We conducted a mail survey of landowners of >40 ha properties in the Gulf Coast Prairie of Texas, categorized them, identified characteristics that varied among them, described their wildlife-beneficial management practices and role commitment. Hierarchical clustering produced 5 landowner role identity types (Working Place, Entire Place, Amenity, Lifestyle, and Conservation) based upon their self-representations. Working Place and Entire Place landowners had the highest place-based motivations and were the most numerous and active land managers, while Conservation landowners engaged in fewer management practices despite holding pro-conservation motivations. Lifestyle landowners had the highest proportion of retirees, and employed the fewest management practices. Our work describes landowner role identities and how these can help more broadly inform the strategies that are used to target and engage landowners in wildlife-beneficial management.

摘要

在私人土地占主导的景观中，土地所有者的角色身份可能会影响土地管理行为，进而极大地影响当地的生物多样性。我们对德克萨斯州墨西哥湾大草原地区40公顷以上土地的土地所有者进行了邮件调查，对其进行了分类，确定了其中的特征，描述了其对野生生物有益的管理做法和作用承诺。层次聚类基于他们的自我表示，产生了5种土地所有者角色身份类型（工作场所，整个场所，便利设施，生活方式和保护）。工作场所和整个场所的土地所有者具有最高的基于场所的动机，并且是数量最多，最活跃的土地管理者，而自然保护的土地所有者尽管持有赞成保护的动机，但参与的管理方式却较少。生活方式的土地所有者退休人员比例最高，并且采用的管理方式最少。我们的工作描述了土地所有者的角色身份，以及这些身份如何有助于更广泛地指导用于定位和吸引土地所有者参与野生生物受益管理的策略。