Publications by authors named "Gianetta Purchase"
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- Establishing protected areas (PAs) is crucial for protecting biodiversity, but it's not enough for many wide-ranging species like the cheetah, which faces significant survival challenges.
- The global cheetah population is only about 7,100 individuals, primarily located outside PAs, where they encounter various threats.
- To effectively conserve species like the cheetah, there needs to be a shift in conservation strategies towards holistic approaches that encourage coexistence and protection across larger landscapes, rather than relying solely on PAs.
Sport hunting has provided important economic incentives for conserving large predators since the early 1970's, but wildlife managers also face substantial pressure to reduce depredation. Sport hunting is an inherently risky strategy for controlling predators as carnivore populations are difficult to monitor and some species show a propensity for infanticide that is exacerbated by removing adult males. Simulation models predict population declines from even moderate levels of hunting in infanticidal species, and harvest data suggest that African countries and U.
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