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The impact of hunting on tropical mammal and bird populations
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Quantifying hunting-induced defaunation: As the human population grows and increasingly encroaches on remaining wildlife habitat, hunting threatens many species. Benítez-López et al. conducted a large-scale meta-analysis of hunting trends and impacts across the tropics (see the Perspective by Brashares and Gaynor). Bird and mammal populations were considerably lower in areas where hunting occurred. Although commercial hunting and proximity to roads and urban centers were the most damaging factors, all hunting had worrying impacts, even in protected areas. Protection and alternative approaches for sustainable subsistence hunting must be implemented soon if we are to prevent further, rapid defaunation. Science , this issue p. 180 ; see also p. 136
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“Hunting of wildlife for food already is, or will soon be, unsustainable throughout the tropical regions of the world (Benítez-López et al., 2017; Fa et al., 2006; Milner-Gulland et al., 2003).”
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“A recent metaanalysis of 176 studies showed that the relative abundance of tropical mammals and birds is estimated to be 83% and 58% lower respectively in hunted areas compared with areas with no hunting (Benítez-López et al. 2017).”
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“On one hand, over the past decades, with the alarming scientific evidences of wildlife declines (Dirzo et al., 2014; Ripple et al., 2016; Benítez-López et al., 2017; vanVelden et al., 2018), the protectionist orientation has gainedmore strength (Cooney et al.”
BackgroundEnvironmental and anthropogenic constraints on animal space use drive extinction risk worldwide
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“This reflects the importance of habitat loss from land-use change as a threat to the existence of ungulate species, especially when it coincides with poaching (Benitez-Lopez et al. 2017; Romero-Muñoz et al. 2019), which ultimately impacts large carnivores.”
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“Increasing human population densities (Benítez-López et al. 2017; Ziegler et al. 2016), coupled with increasing access to once isolated (i.e., former source) populations of wildlife (e.g., via logging roads or other developments; Poulsen et al. 2009), and/or increasing commercial hunting to supply…”
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“We adopted the variable distance to settlements and distance to roads, as proxies for hunting pressures (Benítez-López et al., 2017).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Benítez-López, A., Alkemade, R., Schipper, A. M., Ingram, D. J., Verweij, P. A., Eikelboom, J. A. J., & Huijbregts, M. A. J.
- Affiliations
- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, Radboud University, Post Office Box 9010, NL-6500 GL, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
- Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (NL)
- University of Sussex (GB)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2017-04-14
- Volume
- 356
- Issue
- 6334
- Pages
- 180-183
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2605583228
- Semantic Scholar
- 47a3f1d848466466f1761bd70a29fd3871091b5e
- Cited by
- 663
- References
- 123
- Citations by year
- 2026: 85 · 2025: 82 · 2024: 84 · 2023: 95 · 2022: 73 · 2021: 71 · 2020: 63 · 2019: 58 · 2018: 42 · 2017: 10
- FWCI
- 35.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.wur.nl
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
- Sussex Research Online (University of Sussex) (submittedVersion)
- Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent) (submittedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Sussex
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Keywords
- hunting, defaunation, tropical mammals, tropical birds, population decline (ecology), wild meat trade, hunting pressure, protected areas, commercial hunting, biodiversity loss, human accessibility
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Birds, Human Activities, Mammals, Population Density, Biodiversity, Extinction, Biological
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