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dc.contributor.authorIngram, Daniel Jen_UK
dc.contributor.authorCoad, Lauren Men_UK
dc.contributor.authorCollen, Benen_UK
dc.contributor.authorKuempel, Noelleen_UK
dc.contributor.authorBreuer, Thomasen_UK
dc.contributor.authorFa, Johnen_UK
dc.contributor.authorGill, David J Cen_UK
dc.contributor.authorMaisels, Fionaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorSchleicher, Judithen_UK
dc.contributor.authorStokes, Emmaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Gemmaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorScharlemann, Jorn P Wen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-20T05:31:26Z-
dc.date.available2017-10-20T05:31:26Z-
dc.date.issued2015en_UK
dc.identifier.other40en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/22359-
dc.description.abstractUnsustainable exploitation of wild animals is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and to millions of people depending on wild meat for food and income. The international conservation and development community has committed to implementing plans for sustainable use of natural resources and has requested development of monitoring systems of bushmeat offtake and trade. Although offtake monitoring systems and indicators for marine species are more developed, information on harvesting terrestrial species is limited. Building on approaches developed to monitor exploitation of fisheries and population trends, we have proposed two novel indicators for harvested terrestrial species: the mean body mass indicator (MBMI) assessing whether hunters are relying increasingly on smaller species over time, as a measure of defaunation, by tracking body mass composition of harvested species within samples across various sites and dates; and the offtake pressure indicator (OPI) as a measure of harvesting pressure on groups of wild animals within a region by combining multiple time series of the number of harvested individuals across species. We applied these two indicators to recently compiled data for West and Central African mammals and birds. Our exploratory analyses show that the MBMI of harvested mammals decreased but that of birds rose between 1966/1975 and 2010. For both mammals and birds the OPI increased substantially during the observed time period. Given our results, time-series data and information collated from multiple sources are useful to investigate trends in body mass of hunted species and offtake volumes. In the absence of comprehensive monitoring systems, we suggest that the two indicators developed in our study are adequate proxies of wildlife offtake, which together with additional data can inform conservation policies and actions at regional and global scales.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherThe Resilience Allianceen_UK
dc.relationIngram DJ, Coad LM, Collen B, Kuempel N, Breuer T, Fa J, Gill DJC, Maisels F, Schleicher J, Stokes E, Taylor G & Scharlemann JPW (2015) Indicators for wild animal offtake: Methods and case study for African mammals and birds. Ecology and Society, 20 (3), Art. No.: 40. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07823-200340en_UK
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dc.subjectAfricaen_UK
dc.subjectbushmeaten_UK
dc.subjectexploitationen_UK
dc.subjectharvesten_UK
dc.subjectindicatoren_UK
dc.titleIndicators for wild animal offtake: Methods and case study for African mammals and birdsen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.5751/ES-07823-200340en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleEcology and Societyen_UK
dc.citation.issn1708-3087en_UK
dc.citation.volume20en_UK
dc.citation.issue3en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emailboo.maisels@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Sussexen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Oxforden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationZoological Society of Londonen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationZoological Society of Londonen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationWildlife Conservation Society (Africa Program)en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationImperial College Londonen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationFauna Flora Internationalen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Oxforden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationWildlife Conservation Society (North America Program)en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Oxforden_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Sussexen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000362913100039en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84943178988en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid585866en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-0778-0615en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2015-12-31en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2015-10-27en_UK
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local.rioxx.authorIngram, Daniel J|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorCoad, Lauren M|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorCollen, Ben|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorKuempel, Noelle|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorBreuer, Thomas|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorFa, John|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorGill, David J C|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorMaisels, Fiona|0000-0002-0778-0615en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSchleicher, Judith|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorStokes, Emma|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorTaylor, Gemma|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorScharlemann, Jorn P W|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2015-12-31en_UK
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local.rioxx.filenameIngram et al 2015 Indicators for wild animal offtake.pdfen_UK
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