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dc.contributor.authorIngram, Daniel J.
dc.contributor.authorCoad, Lauren
dc.contributor.authorAbernethy, Katharine A.
dc.contributor.authorMaisels, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorStokes, Emma J.
dc.contributor.authorBobo, Kadiri S.
dc.contributor.authorBreuer, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorGandiwa, Edson
dc.contributor.authorGhiurghi, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorGreengrass, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorHolmern, Tomas
dc.contributor.authorKamgaing, Towa O.W.
dc.contributor.authorNdong Obiang, Anne-Marie
dc.contributor.authorPoulsen, John R.
dc.contributor.authorSchleicher, Judith
dc.contributor.authorNielsen, Martin R.
dc.contributor.authorSolly, Hilary
dc.contributor.authorVath, Carrie L.
dc.contributor.authorWaltert, Matthias
dc.contributor.authorWhitham, Charlotte E.L.
dc.contributor.authorWilkie, David S.
dc.contributor.authorScharlemann, Jörn P.W.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-19T08:23:30Z
dc.date.available2019-09-19T08:23:30Z
dc.date.created2019-03-21T18:58:55Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationConservation Letters. 2018, 11 (2), 1-9.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1755-263X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2617589
dc.description.abstractOverexploitation is one of the main pressures driving wildlife closer to extinction, yet broad‐scale data to evaluate species’ declines are limited. Using African pangolins (Family: Pholidota) as a case study, we demonstrate that collating local‐scale data can provide crucial information on regional trends in exploitation of threatened species to inform conservation actions and policy. We estimate that 0.4‐2.7 million pangolins are hunted annually in Central African forests. The number of pangolins hunted has increased by ∼150% and the proportion of pangolins of all vertebrates hunted increased from 0.04% to 1.83% over the past four decades. However, there were no trends in pangolins observed at markets, suggesting use of alternative supply chains. The price of giant (Smutsia gigantea) and arboreal (Phataginus sp.) pangolins in urban markets has increased 5.8 and 2.3 times respectively, mirroring trends in Asian pangolins. Efforts and resources are needed to increase law enforcement and population monitoring, and investigate linkages between subsistence hunting and illegal wildlife trade.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherWileynb_NO
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleAssessing Africa-wide pangolin exploitation by scaling local datanb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber1-9nb_NO
dc.source.volume11nb_NO
dc.source.journalConservation Lettersnb_NO
dc.source.issue2nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/conl.12389
dc.identifier.cristin1686853
dc.description.localcodeCopyright and Photocopying: © 2017 The Authors. Conservation Letters published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.nb_NO
cristin.unitcode194,66,10,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for biologi
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