The African Lion: A Long History of Interdisciplinary Research
Over the past 50 years, lion research has covered a wide range of interdisciplinary topics involving extensive collaborations with scientists from over a dozen different fields. These collaborations have not only led to greater scientific understanding of disease dynamics, impacts of sport hunting o...
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| description | Over the past 50 years, lion research has covered a wide range of interdisciplinary topics involving extensive collaborations with scientists from over a dozen different fields. These collaborations have not only led to greater scientific understanding of disease dynamics, impacts of sport hunting on lion populations, and the interactions of lions and their prey, but also resulted in a large-scale disease-control program in rural Tanzania, new hunting policies in several African countries, widespread adoption of camera-traps as a conservation-management tool, new statistical and economic approaches to broadscale conservation approaches, and innovative local-level conservation interventions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3a6ce9bce55b4f658e35f8995de78af82022-12-21T20:47:59ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2296-701X2019-07-01710.3389/fevo.2019.00259448042The African Lion: A Long History of Interdisciplinary ResearchCraig PackerOver the past 50 years, lion research has covered a wide range of interdisciplinary topics involving extensive collaborations with scientists from over a dozen different fields. These collaborations have not only led to greater scientific understanding of disease dynamics, impacts of sport hunting on lion populations, and the interactions of lions and their prey, but also resulted in a large-scale disease-control program in rural Tanzania, new hunting policies in several African countries, widespread adoption of camera-traps as a conservation-management tool, new statistical and economic approaches to broadscale conservation approaches, and innovative local-level conservation interventions.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00259/fulllions (Panthera leo)collaborative researchinterdisciplinary studieslong-term studiesconservation |
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| title | The African Lion: A Long History of Interdisciplinary Research |
| title_full | The African Lion: A Long History of Interdisciplinary Research |
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| title_short | The African Lion: A Long History of Interdisciplinary Research |
| title_sort | african lion a long history of interdisciplinary research |
| topic | lions (Panthera leo) collaborative research interdisciplinary studies long-term studies conservation |
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