Dataset accompanying Riesch et al. (2025) How to reconcile pasture grazing and wolf recolonisation? Perceptions of management options by livestock farmers in Germany. People and Nature.

This repository contains the data analysed in the article by Riesch et al. (2025) published in People and Nature. The excel file contains the data (first spreadsheet) and meta data (second spreadsheet) explaining the meaning of each variable. The data were collected in an online survey among livestock owners. The last column in the metadata table gives the number of the corresponding question in the questionnaire. The complete questionnaire can be found as Appendix S1 in the Supporting Information to the paper. Reference: Riesch, F., Möck, M., Feindt, P.H., Balkenhol, N., van Beeck Calkoen, S.T.S., Bojarska, K., Gerber, N., Herzog, S., Zetsche, M., Isselstein, J. (2025). How to reconcile pasture grazing and wolf recolonisation? Perceptions of management options by livestock farmers in Germany. People and Nature.