Questionable policy for large carnivore hunting
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Yn: Science, Cyfrol 350, Rhif 6267, 18.12.2015, t. 1473-1475.
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T1 - Questionable policy for large carnivore hunting
AU - Creel, S.
AU - Becker, M.
AU - Christianson, D.
AU - Droge, E.
AU - Hammerschlag, N.
AU - Hayward, M.W.
AU - Karanth, U.
AU - Loveridge, A.
AU - Macdonald, D.W.
AU - Matandiko, W.
AU - M'soka, J.
AU - Murray, D.
AU - Rosenblatt, E.
AU - Schuette, P.
PY - 2015/12/18
Y1 - 2015/12/18
N2 - Terrestrial large carnivores have great ecological, economic and cultural importance, but are in global decline due to habitat loss, prey depletion, poaching, retributive killing and regulated hunting. While regulated carnivore hunting potentially reduces conflict with humans and livestock, increases social tolerance and provides revenue for conservation, it can also drive population declines. Some policies regulating carnivore hunting acknowledge and address negative effects on demography and population dynamics, but others do not. Using wolves as an example, we identify four aspects of hunting policy that do not align well with ecological theory and data, and suggest resolutions for these problems that have broad relevance to exploited carnivore populations.
AB - Terrestrial large carnivores have great ecological, economic and cultural importance, but are in global decline due to habitat loss, prey depletion, poaching, retributive killing and regulated hunting. While regulated carnivore hunting potentially reduces conflict with humans and livestock, increases social tolerance and provides revenue for conservation, it can also drive population declines. Some policies regulating carnivore hunting acknowledge and address negative effects on demography and population dynamics, but others do not. Using wolves as an example, we identify four aspects of hunting policy that do not align well with ecological theory and data, and suggest resolutions for these problems that have broad relevance to exploited carnivore populations.
U2 - 10.1126/science.aac4768
DO - 10.1126/science.aac4768
M3 - Article
VL - 350
SP - 1473
EP - 1475
JO - Science
JF - Science
SN - 0036-8075
IS - 6267
ER -