Modeling the effects of trophy selection and environmental disturbance on a simulated population of African lions

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 591-601

  Whitman, Karyl L ^a,b,c   Starfield, Anthony M ^a   Quadling, Henley ^a,c   Packer, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Porini Consulting   (United States)

^c D4D Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Lion harvest; Panthera leo; Population model; Population viability; Serengeti; Sustainable use; Trophy hunting

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CARNIVORE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUNTING; MAMMAL; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCHASTICITY; WILD POPULATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LION; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TANZANIA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIONS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TANZANIA;

EID: 34547601499     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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