Social Structure of Lions (Panthera leo) Is Affected by Management in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin

Lion populations have undergone a severe decline in West Africa. As baseline for conservation management, we assessed the group structure of lions in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve in Benin. This reserve, composed of one National Park and two Hunting Zones, is part of the WAP transboundary complex o...

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Autores principales: Sogbohossou, Etotépé A., Bauer, Hans, Loveridge, Andrew, Funston, Paul J., De Snoo, Geert R., Sinsin, Brice, De Iongh, Hans H.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3885576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24416263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084674
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author Sogbohossou, Etotépé A.
Bauer, Hans
Loveridge, Andrew
Funston, Paul J.
De Snoo, Geert R.
Sinsin, Brice
De Iongh, Hans H.
author_facet Sogbohossou, Etotépé A.
Bauer, Hans
Loveridge, Andrew
Funston, Paul J.
De Snoo, Geert R.
Sinsin, Brice
De Iongh, Hans H.
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description Lion populations have undergone a severe decline in West Africa. As baseline for conservation management, we assessed the group structure of lions in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve in Benin. This reserve, composed of one National Park and two Hunting Zones, is part of the WAP transboundary complex of protected areas. Overall mean group size was 2.6±1.7 individuals (n = 296), it was significantly higher in the National Park (2.7±1.7, n = 168) than in the Hunting Zones (2.2±1.5, n = 128). Overall adult sex ratio was even, but significantly biased towards females (0.67) in the National Park and towards males (1.67) in the Hunting Zones. Our results suggest that the Pendjari lion population is affected by perturbations, such as trophy hunting.
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spelling pubmed-38855762014-01-10 Social Structure of Lions (Panthera leo) Is Affected by Management in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin Sogbohossou, Etotépé A. Bauer, Hans Loveridge, Andrew Funston, Paul J. De Snoo, Geert R. Sinsin, Brice De Iongh, Hans H. PLoS One Research Article Lion populations have undergone a severe decline in West Africa. As baseline for conservation management, we assessed the group structure of lions in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve in Benin. This reserve, composed of one National Park and two Hunting Zones, is part of the WAP transboundary complex of protected areas. Overall mean group size was 2.6±1.7 individuals (n = 296), it was significantly higher in the National Park (2.7±1.7, n = 168) than in the Hunting Zones (2.2±1.5, n = 128). Overall adult sex ratio was even, but significantly biased towards females (0.67) in the National Park and towards males (1.67) in the Hunting Zones. Our results suggest that the Pendjari lion population is affected by perturbations, such as trophy hunting. Public Library of Science 2014-01-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3885576/ /pubmed/24416263 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084674 Text en © 2014 Sogbohossou et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Sogbohossou, Etotépé A.
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Loveridge, Andrew
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De Snoo, Geert R.
Sinsin, Brice
De Iongh, Hans H.
Social Structure of Lions (Panthera leo) Is Affected by Management in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin
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title_full_unstemmed Social Structure of Lions (Panthera leo) Is Affected by Management in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin
title_short Social Structure of Lions (Panthera leo) Is Affected by Management in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin
title_sort social structure of lions (panthera leo) is affected by management in pendjari biosphere reserve, benin
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3885576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24416263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084674
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