Title
Conserving large populations of lions - The argument for fences has holes
Author(s)
Creel, S.;Becker, M. S.;Durant, S. M.;M'Soka, J.;Matandiko, W.;Dickman, A. J.;Christianson, D.;Dröge, E.;Mweetwa, T.;Pettorelli, N.;Rosenblatt, E.;Schuette, P.;Woodroffe, R.;Bashir, S.;Beudels-Jamar, R. C.;Blake, S.;Borner, M.;Breitenmoser, C.;Broekhuis, F.;Cozzi, G.;Davenport, T. R. B.;Deutsch, J.;Dollar, L.;Dolrenry, S.;Douglas-Hamilton, I.;Fitzherbert, E.;Foley, C.;Hazzah, L.;Henschel, P.;Hilborn, R.;Hopcraft, J. G. C.;Ikanda, D.;Jacobson, A.;Joubert, B.;Joubert, D.;Kelly, M. S.;Lichtenfeld, L.;Mace, G. M.;Milanzi, J.;Mitchell, N.;Msuha, M.;Muir, R.;Nyahongo, J.;Pimm, S.;Purchase, G.;Schenck, C.;Sillero-Zubiri, C.;Sinclair, A. R. E.;Songorwa, A. N.;Stanley-Price, M.;Tehou, C. A.;Trout, C.;Wall, J.;Wittemyer, G.;Zimmermann, A.
Published
2013
Publisher
Ecology Letters
Published Version DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12145
Abstract
Packer et al. reported that fenced lion populations attain densities closer to carrying capacity than unfenced populations. However, fenced populations are often maintained above carrying capacity, and most are small. Many more lions are conserved per dollar invested in unfenced ecosystems, which avoid the ecological and economic costs of fencing. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd/CNRS.

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