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DOI	10.1016/j.biocon.2019.06.003
	Desert-adapted lions on communal land: Surveying the costs incurred by, and perspectives of, communal-area livestock owners in northwest Namibia
	Heydinger, John M.1,2; Packer, Craig 3; Tsaneb, Jendery 4
通讯作者	Heydinger, John M.
来源期刊	BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
ISSN	0006-3207
EISSN	1873-2917
出版年	2019
卷号	236 页码:496-504
英文摘要	Though subsistence pastoralism is the primary land-use throughout much of Africa, lions (Panthera leo) living outside protected areas are largely overlooked in discussions of pan-African lion conservation. In northwest Namibia, a unique population of desert-adapted lions has grown by > 400% over the past twenty years. This growth has primarily taken-place upon communal conservancy land. Human-caused lion mortality following human-lion conflict (HLC) is now the primary direct threat to the persistence of these lions. HLC exacerbates challenges faced by pastoralists from an ongoing drought. Our survey is the first-ever attempt to quantitatively and qualitatively examine local pastoralists' perceptions of the desert-adapted lions and the impacts of living with lions in northwest Namibia. Results show that losses, due to drought and lions, are differentiated by livestock species and that the magnitude of livestock losses during the drought has been exacerbated by predation. Respondents in different conservancies reported different levels of hostility towards lions. Across all conservancies, though 83.9% do not benefit from living with lions, 75.9% state that it is important to continue to share communal land with lions. We discuss the cultural and livelihood effects of livestock losses as well as the implications of balancing the costs and benefits of living with lions for lion conservation.
英文关键词	Lions Desert-adapted lions Human-lion conflict Namibia Human-wildlife conflict Drought
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	USA ; Namibia
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000483908400055
WOS关键词	ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ; CONSERVATION ; CARNIVORES
WOS类目	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/214623
作者单位	1.Univ Minnesota, 585 Shepard Labs,100 Union St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA; 2.Macquarie Univ, 585 Shepard Labs,100 Union St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA; 3.Univ Minnesota, Ecol 506,1987 Upper Buford Circle, St Paul, MN 55108 USA; 4.IRDNC, Wereldsend Environm Ctr, Northwest Lion Working Grp, 2nd Floor,19 Lossen St,Aussbahnpl, Windhoek, Namibia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Heydinger, John M.,Packer, Craig,Tsaneb, Jendery. Desert-adapted lions on communal land: Surveying the costs incurred by, and perspectives of, communal-area livestock owners in northwest Namibia[J],2019,236:496-504.
APA	Heydinger, John M.,Packer, Craig,&Tsaneb, Jendery.(2019).Desert-adapted lions on communal land: Surveying the costs incurred by, and perspectives of, communal-area livestock owners in northwest Namibia.BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION,236,496-504.
MLA	Heydinger, John M.,et al."Desert-adapted lions on communal land: Surveying the costs incurred by, and perspectives of, communal-area livestock owners in northwest Namibia".BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 236(2019):496-504.