Poaching Threatens the Establishment of a Lynx Population, Highlighting the Need for a Centralized Judiciary Approach

Poaching Threatens the Establishment of a Lynx Population, Highlighting the Need for a Centralized Judiciary Approach

Illegal hunting represents a major threat to the conservation of predators, but its impact remains difficult to assess as there are strong incentives to conceal this criminal activity. Attributing declines of carnivores to poaching is therefore an important conservation challenge. We present a case...

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Main Authors: Raphaël Arlettaz, Guillaume Chapron, Marc Kéry, Elisabeth Klaus, Stéphane Mettaz, Stefanie Roder, Sergio Vignali, Fridolin Zimmermann, Veronika Braunisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Conservation Science
Subjects:
camera trap survey
large carnivores
Lynx lynx
N-mixture models
poaching
ungulate densities
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcosc.2021.665000/full

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