Kristina M. Slagle

Publications

• Karns, G., Glandorff, J.*, and Slagle, K. M. (in press). Easement Landowner Perceptions and Preferences for Integrated Vegetation Management. Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Management Symposium Proceedings #14.
• Slagle, K., Bruskotter, J. (2025). Public support for restrictions on the killing of coyotes at odds with organized stakeholder group preferences for management. Scientific Reports 15, 29684. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-15378-x
• Campbell, J., Shaul, K., Slagle, K. M., and Sovic, D. (2024). Sustainable community development through peer-to-peer learning in the online and in-person classroom. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 25(8). 1803-1819. doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-07-2023-0321
• Vucetich J. A., Bruskotter J. T., Ghasemi B., Rapp C. E., Nelson M. P., and Slagle K. M. (2024). A Flexible Inventory of Survey Items for Environmental Concepts Generated via Special Attention to Content Validity and Item Response Theory. Sustainability. 16(5). 1916. doi.org/10.3390/su16051916
• Slagle, K. M., Karns, G., and Bruskotter, J. T. (2023). Private lands, public benefits: The potential for wildlife habitat and public recreation on private lands in Ohio. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 29(5). 535-539. doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2023.2280905
• Carlson, S., Dietsch, A. M., Slagle, K. M., and Bruskotter, J. T. (2023). Effect of semantics in the study of tolerance for wolves. Conservation Biology. 37(2). E14003. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14003
• Slagle, K. M., Karns, G., Bruskotter, J. T., and Wilson, R. S. (2022). Human behavior and effective chronic wasting disease management. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 28(5). 481-489. doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2022.2075492
• Stanger, M. E.*, Slagle, K. M., and Bruskotter, J. T. (2022). Impact of location on predator control preference patterns. Frontiers in Conservation Science. 3. 844346. doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2022.844346
• Slagle, K. M., Wilson, R. S., and Bruskotter, J. T. (2022). Tolerance for wolves in the United States. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.817809
• Slagle, K. M., Wald, D. M., and Hamm, J. A. (2021). Editorial: Advancing a Cross Boundary Social Science of Trust in Natural Resource Management. Frontiers in Communication. 10. 817809. doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.691613
• Ozbilen, B.*, Slagle, K. M., and Akar, G. (2021). Perceived risk of infection while traveling during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from Columbus, OH. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 10. 100326. doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2021.100326
• Beestra, M.*, Slagle, K. M., and Toman, E. (2021). Recognizing dynamic agricultural identities in changing rural landscapes and their impact on conservation practices. Landscape and Urban Planning. 207. doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103999
• van Eeden, L.*, Slagle, K. M., Crowther, M., Dickman, C., and Newsome, T. (2020). Linking social identity, risk perception, and behavioral psychology to understand predator management by livestock producers. Restoration Ecology. 28(4). 902-910. doi.org/10.1111/rec.13154
• van Eeden, L.*, Slagle, K. M., Newsome, T., Crowther, M., Dickman, C., and Bruskotter, J. T. (2020). Exploring nationality and social identity to explain attitudes toward conservation actions. Conservation Biology. 34(5). 1165-1175. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13488
• Carlson, S. C.*, Dietsch, A. M., Slagle, K. M., and Bruskotter, J. T. (2020). The VIPs of Wolf Conservation: How values, identity, and place shape attitudes toward wolves in the United States. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. 6. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00006
• Bruskotter, J. T., Vucetich, J., Dietsch, A. M., Slagle, K., Brooks, J., and Nelson, M. (2019). Conservationists’ Moral Obligations Toward Wildlife: Values and Identity Promote Conservation Conflict. Biological Conservation. 240. 108296. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108296
• Slagle, K., Dietsch, A.M., and Bruskotter, J. T. (2019). Hunting for Acceptance: Ohio’s Experience with Recent Bobcat Harvest Proposals Reveals a Dilemma Agencies will Increasingly Face. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 24(3). doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2019.1581860
• Slagle, K., Wilson, R.W., Bruskotter, J. T., and Toman, E. (2019). The Symbolic Wolf: A Construal Level Theory Analysis of the Perceptions of Wolves in the United States. Society & Natural Resources. 32(3). doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2018.1501525
• Bruskotter, J. T., Vucetich, J., Slagle, K. M., Berardo, R, Singh, A. S., and Wilson, R. (2018). United States Residents’ Support for the U.S. Endangered Species Act over Time and Space. Conservation Letters. e12595. doi.org/10.1111/conl.12595
• Dietsch, A.M., Slagle, K.M., Baruch-Mordo, S., Breck, S.W., and Ciarniello, L.M. (2018). Education is not a panacea for reducing human-black bear conflict. Ecological Modeling. 367(10), 10-12. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.11.005
• Slagle, K., Bruskotter, J., Singh, A., and Schmidt, R. (2017). Attitudes toward predator control in the United States: 1995 and 2014. Journal of Mammalogy. 98(1), 7-16. doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw144
• George, K., Slagle, K., Wilson, R., Moeller, S., and Bruskotter, J. (2016). Changes in attitudes towards animals in the United States 1978 to 2014. Biological Conservation. 201, 237-242. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.07.013
• Heeren, A., Singh, A., Slagle, K., Zwickle, A., Koontz, T., and McCreery, A. (2016). Is sustainability knowledge half the battle? An examination of sustainability knowledge, attitudes, norms, and efficacy to understand sustainable behaviors. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 17(5), 613-632. doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-02-2015-0014
• Bruskotter, J.T., Singh, A., Fulton, D.C., and Slagle, K. (2015). Assessing tolerance for wildlife: Clarifying relations between concepts and measures. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 20(3), 255-270. doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2015.1016387
• Slagle, K., Wilson, R., and Heeren, A. (2015). Seeking, Thinking, Acting: Understanding suburban resident perceptions and behaviors related to stream quality. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 51(3), 821-832. doi.org/10.1111/jawr.12277
• Zwickle, A., Koontz, T., Slagle, K., and Bruskotter, J.T. (2014). Assessing Sustainability Knowledge of a Student Population: Developing a Tool to Measure Knowledge in the Environmental, Economic, and Social Domains. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 15(4), 375-389. doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-01-2013-0008
• Slagle, K., Zajac, R., Bruskotter, J.T., Wilson, R., and Prange, S. (2013). Building tolerance for bears: A communications experiment. Journal of Wildlife Management. 77(4), 363-369. doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.515
• Slagle, K., Bruskotter, J.T., and Wilson, R.S. (2012). The role of affect in public support and opposition to wolf management. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 17(1), 44-57. doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2012.633237

Peer-reviewed chapter

• Slagle, K. and Bruskotter, J. T. Tolerance for Wildlife: A Psychological Perspective. (2019). In Frank, B., Glikman, J., & Marchini, S. (Eds.) Human-Wildlife Interactions: Turning Conflict into Coexistence (Conservation Biology). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Technical reports (*student-led)

• Slagle, K.M. and Bruskotter, J.T. (2025). Women and Fishing in Ohio. The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Columbus, OH, USA.
• Slagle, K.M. and Bruskotter, J.T. (2024). Hunting in Ohio: A report on assessing hunting behavior from 2013-2021. The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Columbus, OH, USA.
• Slagle, K.M. and Bruskotter, J.T. (2023). Coyotes in Ohio: Results from Surveys of Residents, Hunters and Producers. The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Columbus, OH, USA.
• Slagle, K. M. and Sintov. N. (2022). 2021 Campus Sustainability Survey: Results and Trends. A Report by the Environmental and Social Sustainability Lab. The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources.
• Slagle, K. M. & Sintov, N. (2022). 2021 Campus Sustainability Survey: Curriculum. A Report by the Environmental and Social Sustainability Lab. The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources.
• McCloy, M.*, Celestina, C.*, Slagle, K. M., and Brooks, J. S. (2022). 2020 Campus Sustainability Survey: Results and Trends. A Report by the Environmental and Social Sustainability Lab. The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources.
• Slagle, K.M., Karns, G., and Bruskotter, J.T. (2021). Deer in Ohio: Results from the 2019 Survey of Hunters and Landowners. The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources. Columbus, OH, 43210.
• Slagle, K.M., Stanger, M.E., Karns, G.R., and J.T. Bruskotter. (2020). Characterizing Potential for Recreational Access and Habitat Conservation within Ohio’s Private Landscape: Scioto Watershed. The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources.
• McCloy, W.*, Slagle, K. M., and Brooks, J. S. (2020). Spring 2020 ESSREP Demographic Survey: Results. A Report by the Environmental and Social Sustainability Lab. The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources.
• Stanger, M.E.*, Slagle, K.M., Karns, G.R., and Bruskotter, J.T. (2020). Connecting Hunters and Landowners: A 2018 Program Evaluation of Ohio’s Cooperative Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing Program. The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources. Columbus, OH, 43210.
• Liu, A.*, Slagle, K. M., and Brooks, J. S. (2020). 2019 Campus Sustainability Survey: Results and Trends. A Report by the Environmental and Social Sustainability Lab. The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources. Columbus, OH 43210.
• Schwab, E.*, Slagle, K., and Wilson, R. S. (2020). Assessing Water Quality Concepts. A report from the Environmental and Social Sustainability Lab for the Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District. Columbus, OH 43210.
• Slagle, K., and Dietsch, A. (2018). North American Birdwatcher Survey: Summary Report Atlantic Flyway. Report to the National Flyway Council from the Minnesota Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Minnesota, and The Ohio State University. St. Paul, MN 55108.
• Slagle, K., and Dietsch, A. (2018). North American Birdwatcher Survey: Summary Report Mississippi Flyway. Report to the National Flyway Council from the Minnesota Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Minnesota, and The Ohio State University. St. Paul, MN 55108.
• Slagle, K., and Dietsch, A. (2018). North American Birdwatcher Survey: Summary Report Central Flyway. Report to the National Flyway Council from the Minnesota Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Minnesota, and The Ohio State University. St. Paul, MN 55108.
• Slagle, K., and Dietsch, A. (2018). North American Birdwatcher Survey: Summary Report Pacific Flyway. Report to the National Flyway Council from the Minnesota Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Minnesota, and The Ohio State University. St. Paul, MN 55108.
• Slagle, K., and Dietsch, A. (2018). National Survey of Waterfowl Hunters: Summary Report Atlantic Flyway. Report to the National Flyway Council from the Minnesota Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Minnesota, and The Ohio State University. St. Paul, MN 55108.
• Slagle, K., and Dietsch, A. (2018). National Survey of Waterfowl Hunters: Summary Report Mississippi Flyway. Report to the National Flyway Council from the Minnesota Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Minnesota, and The Ohio State University. St. Paul, MN 55108.
• Slagle, K., and Dietsch, A. (2018). National Survey of Waterfowl Hunters: Summary Report Central Flyway. Report to the National Flyway Council from the Minnesota Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Minnesota, and The Ohio State University. St. Paul, MN 55108.
• Slagle, K., and Dietsch, A. (2018). National Survey of Waterfowl Hunters: Summary Report Pacific Flyway. Report to the National Flyway Council from the Minnesota Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Minnesota, and The Ohio State University. St. Paul, MN 55108.
• Slagle, K., Bruskotter, J.T., and Toman, E. (2014). Retention of Ohio Anglers. The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources, and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife.
• Slagle, K., Waller, K., Wilson, R., and Baird, A. (2012). Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs about Local Stream Health: A Descriptive Report of Residents in the Rocky Fork and Blacklick Creek Watersheds. The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources.
• Zwickle, A, Wilson, R.S., Bruskotter, J., Ascher, T., Bennett, J., Ferry, J., Fluke, S., Gupta, D., Heywood, J., Koontz, T., Majidzadeh, L., Rhodebeck, A., Ritter, T., Singh, A., Singh, D., Sherry, J., Slagle, K., Thompson, P., Toman, E., Zajac, R., & S. Zwickle. (2012). Environment in the Curriculum: A 2010 Survey of OSU Students. Environmental Social Science Lab, School of Environment and Natural Resources. Columbus, OH 43210.
• Doyle, T., Cummings, J., Eaton, M., Johnson, S., Johnston, S., Lewis, S., McConnell, J., Neal, J., Simonton, C., Slagle, K., & Wagner, K. (2011). Structured Decision Process for Revising the US Fish and Wildlife Service Policy on Double-crested Cormorant Management: A Case Study from the Structured Decision Making Workshop, National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV.
• Slagle, K., Bruskotter, J.T., & Kayle, K.A. (2010). Ohio Steelhead Fishing: A Study of Angler Participation and Activities. The Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources, and Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife.