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Parker BG, Khanyari M, Ambarlı H, Buuveibaatar B, Kabir M, Khanal G, Mirzadeh HR, Onon Y, Farhadinia MS. A review of the ecological and socioeconomic characteristics of trophy hunting across Asia. Anim Conserv 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/acv.12840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- B. G. Parker
- Department of Biology University of Oxford Oxford UK
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- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Faculty of Forestry Düzce University Düzce Turkey
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- Wildlife Conservation Society, Mongolia Program Ulaanbaatar Mongolia
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- Wildlife Ecology Lab, Department of Forestry & Wildlife Management University of Haripur Haripur Pakistan
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- Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Ministry of Forests and Environment Government of Nepal Kathmandu Nepal
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- World Wide Fund for Nature Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mongolia
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- Oxford Martin School and Department of Biology University of Oxford Oxford UK
- Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation University of Kent Canterbury UK
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Muller JR, Selier SJ, Drouilly M, Broadfield J, Leighton GRM, Amar A, Naude VN. The hunter and the hunted: Using web‐sourced imagery to monitor leopard (
Panthera pardus pardus
) trophy hunting. CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Jessica R. Muller
- Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa (iCWild) University of Cape Town Cape Town South Africa
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- South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) Pretoria South Africa
- School of Life Sciences University of KwaZulu‐Natal Durban South Africa
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- Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa (iCWild) University of Cape Town Cape Town South Africa
- Panthera New York New York USA
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- Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa (iCWild) University of Cape Town Cape Town South Africa
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- Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa (iCWild) University of Cape Town Cape Town South Africa
- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology University of Cape Town Cape Town South Africa
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- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology University of Stellenbosch Matieland South Africa
- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa
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Brownlee MB, Warbington CH, Boyce MS. Monitoring sitatunga (
Tragelaphus spekii
) populations using camera traps. Afr J Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/aje.12972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Megan B. Brownlee
- Department of Biological Sciences University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada
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Skogen K, von Essen E, Krange O. Hunters who will not report illegal wolf killing: Self-policing or resistance with political overtones? AMBIO 2022; 51:743-753. [PMID: 34142335 PMCID: PMC8800973 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01588-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Illegal killing of wildlife is challenging conservation efforts worldwide. Ecological research has shown that illegal killing is severely affecting the transboundary Swedish-Norwegian wolf population. A previous study indicated that unwillingness to report illegal killing of wolves among Swedish hunters contains an element of protest against perceived unjust treatment of hunting and hunters but that it could also simply be a reflection of ineffective law enforcement in the backcountry, driving hunters to effect forms of self-policing. Based on a survey of Norwegian hunters, the present research goes one step further. One in five hunters decline to report illegal wolf killings, and unwillingness to report is predicted by lack of trust in environmental institutions and a general anti-elite sentiment. Hunting-related issues and other factors also affect outcomes, but to a lesser degree. We conclude that unwillingness to report is often part of an oppositional stance related not only to wildlife management and conservation, but to contemporary social change in rural areas and perceived societal power relations. It is unlikely that reluctance to report is driven by frustration over inefficient official enforcement. While a political dimension is not always articulated, overlooking it may stoke conflicts and fortify a perception of unjust power relations.
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- Ketil Skogen
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research NINA, Sognsveien 68, 0855 Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research NINA, Sognsveien 68, 0855 Oslo, Norway
- Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research NINA, Sognsveien 68, 0855 Oslo, Norway
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Worku EA, Atickem A, Bro-Jørgensen J, Bekele A, Evangelista P, Stenseth NC. Human activities increase vigilance, movement and home range size of the endangered mountain nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) at the cost of foraging and resting. Glob Ecol Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Peterson MN, von Essen E, Hansen HP, Peterson TR. Shoot shovel and sanction yourself: Self-policing as a response to wolf poaching among Swedish hunters. AMBIO 2019; 48:230-239. [PMID: 29956076 PMCID: PMC6374224 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-018-1072-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Revised: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Self-policing is essential for addressing wildlife-related crime where illegal activity is extremely diffuse, and limited resources are available for monitoring and enforcement. Emerging research on self-policing suggest key drivers including economics, folk traditions, and socio-political resistance. We build on this research with a case study evaluating potential drivers of self-policing illegal wolf killing among Swedish hunting teams. Swedish hunters marginally leaned toward considering illegal hunting of wolves an expression of resistance (10.30 out of a possible 17 on a resistance scale) and strongly believed outsiders had undue influence over hunting (15.79 out of a possible 21 on an influence scale). Most (73%) Swedish hunters stated they would report illegal wolf killing to authorities, but 20% stated they would handle the infractions through internal sanctions. Viewing illegal hunting of wolves as a form of political resistance, viewing wolf management as being controlled locally, and perceived prevalence of illegal wolf killing among hunting acquaintances were positive predictors of preferring internal sanctions to address illegal wolf killing over reporting the crimes. Resistance and perceived prevalence of wolf killing also predicted preferring no action to address illegal wolf killing. These results suggest that a counterpublic of marginalized ruralism may promote forms of self-policing that rely on internal censure for illegal wolf killing rather than using formal legal channels. Similarly, folk traditions within this counterpublic (e.g., perceptions of prevalence of illegal wolf killing) shape if and how internal sanctions are advocated. Re-engaging marginalized hunting groups and emphasizing the rarity of illegal wolf killing may promote wolf conservation, both in Sweden and in other democratic regimes.
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- M. Nils Peterson
- Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Program, Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
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- Division of Environmental Communication, Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Section of Wildlife Ecology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Kalø, Denmark
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- Department of Communication and Program in Environmental Science & Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, USA
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Smith H, Marrocoli S, Garcia Lozano A, Basurto X. Hunting for common ground between wildlife governance and commons scholarship. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2019; 33:9-21. [PMID: 30055022 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Wildlife hunting is essential to livelihoods and food security in many parts of the world, yet present rates of extraction may threaten ecosystems and human communities. Thus, governing sustainable wildlife use is a major social dilemma and conservation challenge. Commons scholarship is well positioned to contribute theoretical insights and analytic tools to better understand the interface of social and ecological dimensions of wildlife governance, yet the intersection of wildlife studies and commons scholarship is not well studied. We reviewed existing wildlife-hunting scholarship, drawing on a database of 1,410 references, to examine the current overlap with commons scholarship through multiple methods, including social network analysis and deductive coding. We found that a very small proportion of wildlife scholarship incorporated commons theories and frameworks. The social network of wildlife scholarship was densely interconnected with several major publication clusters, whereas the wildlife commons scholarship was sparse and isolated. Despite the overarching gap between wildlife and commons scholarship, a few scholars are studying wildlife commons. The small body of scholarship that bridges these disconnected literatures provides valuable insights into the understudied relational dimensions of wildlife and other overlapping common-pool resources. We suggest increased engagement among wildlife and commons scholars and practitioners to improve the state of knowledge and practice of wildlife governance across regions, particularly for bushmeat hunting in the tropics, which is presently understudied through a common-pool resource lens. Our case study of the Republic of Congo showed how the historical context and interrelationships between hunting and forest rights are essential to understanding the current state of wildlife governance and potential for future interventions. A better understanding of the interconnections between wildlife and overlapping common-pool resource systems may be key to understanding present wildlife governance challenges and advancing the common-pool resource research agenda.
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- Hillary Smith
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 135 Duke Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516, U.S.A
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- Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 135 Duke Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516, U.S.A
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 135 Duke Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516, U.S.A
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Selier SAJ, Di Minin E. Monitoring required for effective sustainable use of wildlife. Anim Conserv 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/acv.12203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- S. A. J. Selier
- Amarula Elephant Research Programme; School of Life Sciences; University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal South Africa; Durban South Africa
- Biodiversity Research, Monitoring and Assessment; South African National Biodiversity Institute; Pretoria South Africa
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- Amarula Elephant Research Programme; School of Life Sciences; University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal South Africa; Durban South Africa
- Finnish Centre of Excellence in Metapopulation Biology; Department of Biosciences; University of Helsinki; Helsinki Finland
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Gervasi V, Brøseth H, Gimenez O, Nilsen EB, Linnell JDC. The risks of learning: confounding detection and demographic trend when using count-based indices for population monitoring. Ecol Evol 2015; 4:4637-48. [PMID: 25558358 PMCID: PMC4278816 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Revised: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Theory recognizes that a treatment of the detection process is required to avoid producing biased estimates of population rate of change. Still, one of three monitoring programmes on animal or plant populations is focused on simply counting individuals or other fixed visible structures, such as natal dens, nests, tree cavities. This type of monitoring design poses concerns about the possibility to respect the assumption of constant detection, as the information acquired in a given year about the spatial distribution of reproductive sites can provide a higher chance to detect the species in subsequent years. We developed an individual-based simulation model, which evaluates how the accumulation of knowledge about the spatial distribution of a population process can affect the accuracy of population growth rate estimates, when using simple count-based indices. Then, we assessed the relative importance of each parameter in affecting monitoring performance. We also present the case of wolverines (Gulo gulo) in southern Scandinavia as an example of a monitoring system with an intrinsic tendency to accumulate knowledge and increase detectability. When the occupation of a nest or den is temporally autocorrelated, the monitoring system is prone to increase its knowledge with time. This happens also when there is no intensification in monitoring effort and no change in the monitoring conditions. Such accumulated knowledge is likely to increase detection probability with time and can produce severe bias in the estimation of the rate and direction of population change over time. We recommend that a systematic sampling of the population process under study and an explicit treatment of the underlying detection process should be implemented whenever economic and logistical constraints permit, as failure to include detection probability in the estimation of population growth rate can lead to serious bias and severe consequences for management and conservation.
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- Vincenzo Gervasi
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Høgskoleringen 9, 7034, Trondheim, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Høgskoleringen 9, 7034, Trondheim, Norway
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, UMR 5175 Campus CNRS, 1919 Route de Mende, Montpellier Cedex 5, F-34293, France
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Høgskoleringen 9, 7034, Trondheim, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Høgskoleringen 9, 7034, Trondheim, Norway
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Traill LW, Schindler S, Coulson T. Demography, not inheritance, drives phenotypic change in hunted bighorn sheep. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:13223-8. [PMID: 25114219 PMCID: PMC4246946 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1407508111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Selective harvest, such as trophy hunting, can shift the distribution of a quantitative character such as body size. If the targeted character is heritable, then there will be an evolutionary response to selection, and where the trait is not, then any response will be plastic or demographic. Identifying the relative contributions of these different mechanisms is a major challenge in wildlife conservation. New mathematical approaches can provide insight not previously available. Here we develop a size- and age-based two-sex integral projection model based on individual-based data from a long-term study of hunted bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) at Ram Mountain, Canada. We simulate the effect of trophy hunting on body size and find that the inheritance of body mass is weak and that any perceived decline in body mass of the bighorn population is largely attributable to demographic change and environmental factors. To our knowledge, this work provides the first use of two-sex integral projection models to investigate the potential eco-evolutionary consequences of selective harvest.
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- Lochran W Traill
- Division of Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Berkshire SL5 7PY, United Kingdom; School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, South Africa; and
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, United Kingdom
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Managing wildlife for ecological, socioeconomic, and evolutionary sustainability. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:12964-5. [PMID: 25172918 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1413571111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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