Sustainable trophy hunting of African lions

Article Abstract:

The population consequences of lion trophy hunting using a model parameterized with 40 years of demographic data from northern Tanzania is suggested. A technique for estimating lion age in populations lacking long-term records is presented.

Author: Starfield, Anthony M., Whitman, Karyl, Quadling, Henley S., Packer, Craig
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
Tanzania, Demographic aspects

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Group formation stabilizes predator-prey dynamics

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A dynamical system model developed for the Serengeti lions' ecosystem, which shows that grouping strongly stabilizes interactions between predator and prey is described.

Author: Fryxell, John M., Packer, Craig, Sinclair, Anthony R.E., Mosser, Anna
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
Physiological aspects, Behavior, Predation (Biology), Social behavior in animals, Animal social behavior, Animal social behaviour

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Wounding, mortality and mane morphology in African lions, Panthera leo

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A study on the morphology and development of the mane in adult African lions (Panthera leo) and its role in providing protection against injury is presented.

Author: Whitman, Karyl, Packer, Craig, West, Peyton M., MacCormick, Holly, Hopcraft, Grant, Ericson, Marna, Hordinsky, Maria
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
United States, Germany, Morphology (Animals), Animal morphology, Sex characteristics

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Subjects list: Research, Lions
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