Casual analysis and short‐sighted inferences: A response to Majgaonkar et al. 2019
Conservation Science and Practice, 2019 The increased interface of humans and large carnivores in human‐modified landscapes requires mechanisms to reduce conflict and allow co‐existence. The recent article by Majgaonkar et al.
Shivam Shrotriya +2 more
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Carnivore Diet Identification Through Scat and Genetic Analysis in Namibia, Africa [PDF]
, 2015 Worldwide the cheetah population is declining making them Africa’s most endangered large cat. Namibia, Africa currently has the largest population of cheetahs in the world.
Walsh, Alicia J
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People and NatureUnderstanding the ecological and human factors that shape the loss of livestock to wild carnivores can help target conservation efforts. We used 5 years of livestock depredation records (2009–2013, n = 1147) alongside Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, to ...
Timothy Kuiper +5 more
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People’s knowledge, attitudes, and conflicts with carnivores in central hills, Sri Lanka
Global Ecology and ConservationPeople’s knowledge and attitudes toward carnivores are crucial for understanding the distribution, ecology, conflicts, interactions, and threats that these species face.
Ashan Thudugala +8 more
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Coping with risk and distortion in performance-based payment for environmental services schemes [PDF]
Around the world, ecosystems are in decline and as human population increases new policy mechanisms to counteract this trend are increasingly being sought-after.
Zabel, Astrid
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The accelerating influence of humans on mammalian macroecological patterns over the late Quaternary [PDF]
, 2019 The transition of hominins to a largely meat-based diet ~1.8 million years ago led to the exploitation of other mammals for food and resources. As hominins, particularly archaic and modern humans, became increasingly abundant and dispersed across the ...
Elliott Smith, Rosemary E. +4 more
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From causes of conflict to solutions: Shifting the lens on human–carnivore coexistence research
Conservation Science and PracticeHuman‐carnivore conflicts pose significant challenges in the management and conservation of carnivores across the globe. Abundant research has led to generalizable insights into the causes of such conflicts.
Kyle A. Artelle +5 more
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Reduction in livestock losses following placement of livestock guarding dogs and the impact of herd species and dog sex [PDF]
, 2015 Livestock guarding dogs have been placed on South African farms by the not-for-profit organisation, Cheetah Outreach Trust, since 2005, and have been proven to be an efficient form of non-lethal predator control against jackal, caracal, leopards ...
Cilliers, D +2 more
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Comparing Conventional and New Policy Approaches for Carnivore Conservation – Theoretical Results and Application to Tiger Conservation [PDF]
New policy approaches to facilitate the co-existence of wildlife and livestock are increasingly being sought-after as human sprawl increases and carnivore populations decrease.
Astrid Zabel +3 more
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Conservation of the Lion: Preventing an Africa without the African Lion [PDF]
, 2018 The African lion (Panthera leo) population is diminishing rapidly, approximately 43 percent since 1993. The species is currently listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Kamyk, Courtney
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