Joer Melzheimer
The global decline of cheetah Acinonyx jubatus and what it means for conservation
Melzheimer, Joer; M'Soka, Jassie; Msuha, Mauru; Parker, Mega; Sahailou, Samail; Saidu, Yohann; Der Meer, Esther Van; Durant, Sarah M.; Mitchell, Nicholas; Groom, Rosemary; Pettorelli, Nathalie; Ipavec, Audrey; Jacobson, Andrew P.; Woodroffe, Rosie; B?hm, Monika; Hunter, Luke T.B.; Becker, Matthew S.; Broekhuis, Femke; Bashir, Sultana; Andresen, Leah; Aschenborn, Ortwin; Beddiaf, Mohammed; Belbachir, Farid; Belbachir-Bazi, Amel; Berbash, Ali; Brandao de Matos Machado, Iracelma; Breitenmoser, Christine; Chege, Monica; Cilliers, Deon; Davies-Mostert, Harriet; Dickman, Amy J.; Ezekiel, Fabiano; Farhadinia, Mohammad S.; Funston, Paul; Henschel, Philipp; Horgan, Jane; de Iongh, Hans H.; Jowkar, Houman; Klein, Rebecca; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; Marker, Laurie; Marnewick, Kelly; Melzheimer, Joerg; Merkle, Johnathan; M'soka, Jassiel; Msuha, Maurus; O'Neill, Helen; Parker, Megan; Purchase, Gianetta; Sahailou, Samaila; Saidu, Yohanna; Samna, Abdoulkarim; Schmidt-K?ntzel, Anne; Selebatso, Eda; Sogboh...
Authors
Jassie M'Soka
Mauru Msuha
Mega Parker
Samail Sahailou
Yohann Saidu
Esther Van Der Meer
Sarah M. Durant
Nicholas Mitchell
Rosemary Groom
Nathalie Pettorelli
Audrey Ipavec
Andrew P. Jacobson
Rosie Woodroffe
Monika B�hm
Luke T.B. Hunter
Matthew S. Becker
Femke Broekhuis
Sultana Bashir
Leah Andresen
Ortwin Aschenborn
Mohammed Beddiaf
Farid Belbachir
Amel Belbachir-Bazi
Ali Berbash
Iracelma Brandao de Matos Machado
Christine Breitenmoser
Monica Chege
Deon Cilliers
Harriet Davies-Mostert
Amy J. Dickman
Fabiano Ezekiel
Mohammad S. Farhadinia
Paul Funston
Philipp Henschel
Jane Horgan
Hans H. de Iongh
Houman Jowkar
Rebecca Klein
Peter Andrew Lindsey
Laurie Marker
Kelly Marnewick
Joerg Melzheimer
Johnathan Merkle
Jassiel M'soka
Maurus Msuha
Helen O'Neill
Megan Parker
Gianetta Purchase
Samaila Sahailou
Yohanna Saidu
Abdoulkarim Samna
Anne Schmidt-K�ntzel
Eda Selebatso
Etot�p� A. Sogbohossou
Alaaeldin Soultan
Dr Emma Stone Emma4.Stone@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer Environmental Biology
Esther van der Meer
Rudie Van Vuuren
Mary Wykstra
Kim Young-Overton
Abstract
Establishing and maintaining protected areas (PAs) are key tools for biodiversity conservation. However, this approach is insufficient for many species, particularly those that are wide-ranging and sparse. The cheetah Acinonyx jubatus exemplifies such a species and faces extreme challenges to its survival. Here, we show that the global population is estimated at ~7,100 individuals and confined to 9% of its historical distributional range. However, the majority of current range (77%) occurs outside of PAs, where the species faces multiple threats. Scenariomodeling shows that,where growth rates are suppressed outside PAs, extinction rates increase rapidly as the proportion of population protected declines. Sensitivity analysis shows that growth rates within PAs have to be high if they are to compensate for declines outside. Susceptibility of cheetah to rapid decline is evidenced by recent rapid contraction in range, supporting an uplisting of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List threat assessment to endangered. Our results are applicable to other protection-reliant species, which may be subject to systematic underestimation of threat when there is insufficient information outside PAs. Ultimately, conserving many of these species necessitates a paradigm shift in conservation toward a holistic approach that incentivizes protection and promotes sustainable human-wildlife coexistence across large multiple-use landscapes.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 21, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 27, 2016 |
Publication Date | Jan 17, 2017 |
Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Print ISSN | 0027-8424 |
Electronic ISSN | 1091-6490 |
Publisher | National Academy of Sciences |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 114 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 528-533 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1611122114 |
Keywords | population viability analysis, threat assessment, protected areas, landscape, conservation, megafauna |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/899830 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1611122114 |
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