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dc.contributor.authorLiberg, Olof
dc.contributor.authorChapron, Guillaume
dc.contributor.authorWabakken, Petter
dc.contributor.authorPedersen, Hans Christian
dc.contributor.authorHobbs, N. Thompson
dc.contributor.authorSand, Håkan
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-03T09:38:27Z
dc.date.available2012-12-03T09:38:27Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationLiberg, O., Chapron, G., Wabakken, P., Pedersen, H.-C., Hobbs, N. T., & Sand, H. (2012). Shoot, shovel and shut up: cryptic poaching slows restoration of a large carnivore in Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 279(1730), 910-915. doi: http://dx.doi.org10.1098/rspb.2011.1275no_NO
dc.identifier.issn0962-8452
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/134548
dc.descriptionThe updated version of the article will always be available here: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/279/1730/910.full.pdf+htmlno_NO
dc.description.abstractPoaching is a widespread and well-appreciated problem for the conservation of many threatened species. Because poaching is illegal, there is strong incentive for poachers to conceal their activities, and consequently, little data on the effects of poaching on population dynamics are available. Quantifying poaching mortality should be a required knowledge when developing conservation plans for endangered species but is hampered by methodological challenges. We show that rigorous estimates of the effects of poaching relative to other sources of mortality can be obtained with a hierarchical state–space model combined with multiple sources of data. Using the Scandinavian wolf (Canis lupus) population as an illustrative example, we show that poaching accounted for approximately half of total mortality and more than two-thirds of total poaching remained undetected by conventional methods, a source of mortality we term as ‘cryptic poaching’. Our simulations suggest that without poaching during the past decade, the population would have been almost four times as large in 2009. Such a severe impact of poaching on population recovery may be widespread among large carnivores. We believe that conservation strategies for large carnivores considering only observed data may not be adequate and should be revised by including and quantifying cryptic poaching.no_NO
dc.language.isoengno_NO
dc.publisherThe Royal Societyno_NO
dc.subjectstate–space modelsno_NO
dc.subjectpoachingno_NO
dc.subjectwolfno_NO
dc.subjectcanis lupusno_NO
dc.subjectconservationno_NO
dc.titleShoot, shovel and shut up: cryptic poaching slows restoration of a large carnivore in Europeno_NO
dc.typeJournal articleno_NO
dc.typePeer reviewedno_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480no_NO
dc.source.pagenumber910-915no_NO
dc.source.volume279no_NO
dc.source.journalProceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciencesno_NO
dc.source.issue1730no_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rspb.2011.1275


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