A pan-African spatial assessment of human conflicts with lions and elephants

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 2978 - 10
• Main Authors: Di Minin, Enrico, Slotow, Rob, Fink, Christoph, Bauer, Hans, Packer, Craig
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 20.05.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/672; 631/158/852; Africa; Agricultural economics; Animal Distribution; Animal Husbandry; Animal Migration; Animal populations; Animals; Cattle; Conservation of Natural Resources - methods; Crops; Crops, Agricultural; Elephants; Fences; Forests; Grassland; Human population density; Human populations; Human-Animal Interaction; Human-environment relationship; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Lions; Livestock; Local communities; Loxodonta africana; Loxodonta cyclotis; multidisciplinary; Panthera leo; Population density; Population Dynamics; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Spatial Analysis; Species extinction; Threatened species; Wildlife; Africa

African lions ( Panthera leo ) and African savanna ( Loxodonta africana ) and forest ( L. cyclotis ) elephants pose threats to people, crops, and livestock, and are themselves threatened with extinction. Here, we map these human-wildlife conflicts across Africa. Eighty-two percent of sites containin...