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Daniel J. Decker
Professor
122B Fernow Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Ph: 607-255-5444
Fx: 607-255-0349
e.mail:
djd6@cornell.edu
website
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Daniel J. Decker
Ph.D - Cornell University - 1986
M.Sc. - Cornell University - 1976
B.Sc. - Cornell University - 1974
Daniel Decker joined the staff of the Department of Natural Resources in 1976.
His interests include discovery and integration of human dimensions insights into
wildlife policy, management, program planning and evaluation, and professional practice.
Research
Current research examines: (1) stakeholder engagement in community-based wildlife management,
(2) adaptive impact management, (3) human-wildlife conflict management, (4) public attitudes
toward wildlife and its accessibility, (5) wildlife acceptance capacity of stakeholders.
Extension
Extension and outreach efforts address: (1) professional development of wildlife professionals,
(2) the integration of biological and human dimensions of wildlife management, (3) wildlife program evaluation.
Teaching
Hosts a weekly, informal graduate research seminar on “Human Dimensions of
Natural Resources Management.” (Currently co-led with Professors Barbara Knuth, Shorna Broussard Allred, and Richard
Stedman.)
Selected Publications
- Decker, D.J., W.F. Siemer, K.M. Leong, S.J. Riley, B.A. Rudolph, and L.H. Carpenter.
2008. What is wildlife management? Pgs. 315-327 (Chapt. 23) in M.J. Manfredo,
J.J. Vaske, P.J. Brown, D.J. Decker, and E.A. Duke (eds.) Wildlife and Society:
The Science of Human Dimensions. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
- Jacobson, C.A. and D.J. Decker. 2008. Governance of state wildlife management:
Reform and revive or resist and retrench? Society and Natural Resources 21:
441-448.
- Manfredo, M.J., J.J. Vaske, P.J. Brown, D.J. Decker, and E.A. Duke (eds.) 2008. Wildlife
and Society: The Science of Human Dimensions. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
- Leong, K.M., D.J. Decker, J.F. Forester, P.D. Curtis, and M.A. Wild. 2007. Expanding
problem frames to understand human-wildlife conflicts in urban-proximate parks. Journal
of Park and Recreation Administration 25(4):62-78.
- Decker, D.J., C.A. Jacobson, and T.L. Brown. 2006. Situation-specific "impact dependency"
as a determinant of management acceptability: Insights from wolf and grizzly bear management
in Alaska. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(2):426-432.
- Enck, J.W., D.J. Decker, S.J. Riley, J.F. Organ, L.H. Carpenter, and W.F. Siemer. 2006.
Integrating ecological and human dimensions in adaptive management of wildlife-related
impacts. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(3):698-705.
- Decker, D.J., D.B. Raik, L.H. Carpenter, J.F. Organ, and T.M. Schusler. 2005. Collaboration
for community-based wildlife management. Urban Ecosystems 8(2):227-236.
- Michaelidou, M., and D.J. Decker. 2005. Incorporating local values in European Union
conservation policy: The Cyprus case. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 10(2):
83-94. Special issue.
- Decker, D.J., D.B. Raik, and W.F. Siemer. 2004. Community-based Deer Management: A
Practitioner's Guide Northeast Wildlife Damage Management Research and Outreach Cooperative. 52 pp.
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