The global decline of cheetah Acinonyx jubatus and what it means for conservation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 528-533

  Durant, Sarah M ^a,b,c   Mitchell, Nicholas ^a,b   Groom, Rosemary ^a,b   Pettorelli, Nathalie ^a,c   Ipavec, Audrey ^a,b   Jacobson, Andrew P ^a,c   Woodroffe, Rosie ^a,c   Böhm, Monika ^a,c   Hunter, Luke T B ^d   Becker, Matthew S ^e,f   Broekhuis, Femke ^h   Bashir, Sultana ^a   Andresen, Leah ⁱ   Aschenborn, Ortwin ^j   Beddiaf, Mohammed ^k   Belbachir, Farid ^l   Belbachir Bazi, Amel ^l   Berbash, Ali ^m   De Matos Machado, Iracelma Brandao ⁿ   Breitenmoser, Christine ^o,p   Chege, Monica ^q   Cilliers, Deon ^r   Davies Mostert, Harriet ^s   Dickman, Amy J ^g   Ezekiel, Fabiano ^t   Farhadinia, Mohammad S ^g   Funston, Paul ^d   Henschel, Philipp ^d   Horgan, Jane ^u   De Iongh, Hans H ^v   Jowkar, Houman ^w,x   Klein, Rebecca ^u   Lindsey, Peter Andrew ^d   Marker, Laurie ^y   Marnewick, Kelly ^s   Melzheimer, Joer ^z   Merkle, Johnathan ^e   M'Soka, Jassie ^aa   Msuha, Mauru ^ab   O'Neill, Helen ^a,c   Parker, Mega ^ac   Purchase, Gianet ^z   Sahailou, Samail ^ad   Saidu, Yohann ^ae   Samna, Abdoulkari ^ad   Schmidt Küntzel, Anne ^y   Selebatso, Ed ^af   Sogbohossou, Etotépé A ^ag   Soultan, Alaaeldin ^ah   Stone, Emma ^ai   Der Meer, Esther Van ^aj   Van Vuuren, Rudie ^ak   Wykstra, Mary ^al   Young Overton, Kim ^d   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d PANTHERA   (United States)

^e Zambian Carnivore Programme   (Zambia)

^f MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h Kenya Wildlife Trust   (Kenya)

ⁱ NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^j Panthera   (Namibia)

^k Office National du Parc Culturel du Tassili N'ajjer   (Algeria)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^m Nature Conservation Department   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

ⁿ Ministry of Health   (Angola)

^o KORA (Carnivore ecology and wildlife management)   (Switzerland)

^p Species Survival Commission Cat Specialist Group   (Switzerland)

^q KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^r Cheetah Outreach Trust   (South Africa)

^s ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TRUST   (South Africa)

^t UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^u CHEETAH CONSERVATION BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^v LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^w Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation   (Iran)

^x Department of Environment ^*  (Iran)

^y CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND   (Namibia)

^z LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^aa Department of National Parks and Wildlife ^*  (Zambia)

^ab TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^ac Working Dogs for Conservation   (United States)

^ad Direction de la Faune   (Niger)

^ae Nigeria National Park Service   (Nigeria)

^af Consultant ^*  (Botswana)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^ah Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency   (Egypt)

^ai Carnivore Research Malawi   (Malawi)

^aj Cheetah Conservation Project Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

^ak Naankuse Foundation   (Namibia)

^al Action for Cheetahs in Kenya Project   (Kenya)

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Author keywords

Landscape conservation; Megafauna; Population viability analysis; Protected areas; Threat assessment

Indexed keywords

ACINONYX JUBATUS; CHEETAH; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GROWTH RATE; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; THREAT; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TRENDS;

ACINONYX; AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85009811507     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1611122114     Document Type: Article

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