Unsustainable anthropogenic mortality disrupts natal dispersal and promotes inbreeding in leopards

Abstract Anthropogenic mortality of wildlife is typically inferred from measures of the absolute decline in population numbers. However, increasing evidence suggests that indirect demographic effects including changes to the age, sex, and social structure of populations, as well as the behavior of s...

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Main Authors: Vincent N. Naude, Guy A. Balme, Justin O'Riain, Luke T.B. Hunter, Julien Fattebert, Tristan Dickerson, Jacqueline M. Bishop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-04-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6089