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:	Etotépé A Sogbohossou, Hans Bauer, Andrew Loveridge, Paul J Funston, Geert R De Snoo, Brice Sinsin, Hans H De Iongh
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:29c951b8c5f54481ad614d4ff3eed21b2021-11-18T08:38:32ZSocial structure of lions (Panthera leo) is affected by management in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0084674https://doaj.org/article/29c951b8c5f54481ad614d4ff3eed21b2014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24416263/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Lion 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.Etotépé A SogbohossouHans BauerAndrew LoveridgePaul J FunstonGeert R De SnooBrice SinsinHans H De IonghPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 1, p e84674 (2014)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Etotépé A Sogbohossou Hans Bauer Andrew Loveridge Paul J Funston Geert R De Snoo Brice Sinsin Hans H De Iongh Social structure of lions (Panthera leo) is affected by management in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin.
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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author	Etotépé A Sogbohossou Hans Bauer Andrew Loveridge Paul J Funston Geert R De Snoo Brice Sinsin Hans H De Iongh
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title	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_full	Social structure of lions (Panthera leo) is affected by management in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin.
title_fullStr	Social structure of lions (Panthera leo) is affected by management in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin.
title_full_unstemmed	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.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/29c951b8c5f54481ad614d4ff3eed21b
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Social structure of lions (Panthera leo) is affected by management in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin.

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