@article{d70ed55288b54cf2b0418d1fe11309ac,
title = "Social Structure of Lions (Panthera leo) Is Affected by Management in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin",
abstract = "Lion populations have undergone a severe decline in West Africa. As baseline for conservation management, we assessed the group structure of lions in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve in Benin. This reserve, composed of one National Park and two Hunting Zones, is part of the WAP transboundary complex of protected areas. Overall mean group size was 2.6 +/- 1.7 individuals (n = 296), it was significantly higher in the National Park (2.7 +/- 1.7, n = 168) than in the Hunting Zones (2.2 +/- 1.5, n = 128). Overall adult sex ratio was even, but significantly biased towards females (0.67) in the National Park and towards males (1.67) in the Hunting Zones. Our results suggest that the Pendjari lion population is affected by perturbations, such as trophy hunting.",
keywords = "kruger-national-park central-africa population west coalitions Science & Technology - Other Topics",
author = "Sogbohossou, {E. A.} and H. Bauer and A. Loveridge and Funston, {P. J.} and {de Snoo}, {G. R.} and B. Sinsin and {de Iongh}, {H. H.}",
note = "ISI Document Delivery No.: 291WL Times Cited: 8 Cited Reference Count: 31 Sogbohossou, Etotepe A. Bauer, Hans Loveridge, Andrew Funston, Paul J. De Snoo, Geert R. Sinsin, Brice De Iongh, Hans H. Bauer, Hans/0000-0001-5031-5842 Dutch Organisation for Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC); African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) This study was part of the PhD project of the first author, ES. Her scholarship costs were covered by the Dutch Organisation for Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC). All operational costs for the collection of data for the present paper were covered by the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. 8 0 63 Public library science San francisco <Go to ISI>://WOS:000329862500148",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1371/journal.pone.0084674",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
journal = "PLoS One",
issn = "1932-6203",
publisher = "Public Library of Science",
number = "1",
}