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Range contractions of the world's large carnivores [1]

The majority of the world's terrestrial large carnivores have undergone substantial range contractions and many of these species are currently threatened with extinction. However, there has been little effort to fully quantify the extent of large carnivore range contractions, which hinders our ability to understand the roles and relative drivers of such trends. Here we present and analyse a newly constructed and comprehensive set of large carnivore range contraction maps. We reveal the extent to which ranges have contracted since historical times and identify regions and biomes where range contractions have been particularly large. In summary, large carnivores that have experienced the greatest range contractions include the red wolf (Canis rufus) (greater than 99%), Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) (99%), tiger (Panthera tigris) (95%) and lion (Panthera leo) (94%). In general, the greatest range contractions occurred in Southeastern Asia and Africa.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
12/07/2017
Christopher Wolf [3], William J. Ripple [4]
Royal Society Open Science [5]
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Tags:
Wildlife [6], Tiger [7], Wolves [8], Lion [9], Endangered Species [10], People - Animal Conflicts [11], Land Use [12], Livestock [13], Maharashtra [14], India [15], Asia [16], Africa [17], Mammals [18], Hunting [19], Poaching [20]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/range-contractions-worlds-large-carnivores

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/range-contractions-worlds-large-carnivores
[2] http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/7/170052
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/christopher-wolf
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/william-j-ripple
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/royal-society-open-science
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wolves
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lion
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/people-animal-conflicts
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/livestock
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/asia
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mammals
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hunting
[20] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poaching