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Applicability of age-based hunting regulations for African leopards.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Balme Guy Andrew, Hunter Luke, Braczkowski Alex Richard
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In species in which juvenile survival depends strongly on male tenure, excessive trophy hunting can artificially elevate male turnover and increase infanticide, potentially to unsustainable levels. Simulation models show that the likelihood of safe harvests can be improved by restricting offtakes to males old enough to have reared their first cohort of offspring to independence; in the case of African leopards,...
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