The global decline of cheetah Acinonyx jubatus and what it means for conservation

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 114; no. 3; pp. 528 - 533
• Main Authors: Durant, Sarah M., Mitchell, Nicholas, Groom, Rosemary, Pettorelli, Nathalie, Ipavec, Audrey, Jacobson, Andrew P., Woodroffe, Rosie, Böhm, 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, de Matos Machado, Iracelma Brandao, 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, Samnae, Abdoulkarim, Schmidt-Küntzel, Anne, Selebatsog, Eda, Sogbohossou, Etotépé A., Soultan, Alaaeldin, Stone, Emma, van der Meer, Esther, van Vuuren, Rudie, Wykstra, Mary, Young-Overton, Kim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 17.01.2017
• Series: From the Cover
• Subjects: Acinonyx; Africa; Animal behavior; Animals; Asia; Biodiversity; Biological Sciences; Computer Simulation; Conservation of Natural Resources; Extinction; Extinction, Biological; Gorillas; Growth rate; Models, Biological; Nature conservation; Population decline; Population Dynamics - trends; Protected areas; Protected species; Risk Factors; Sensitivity analysis; Species extinction; Wildlife; Wildlife conservation; population viability analysis; protected areas; megafauna; threat assessment; landscape conservation

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 su...