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The article highlights four ways in which current hunting policies for large carnivores do not align with ecological theory and data. The authors emphasize the need to account for different methods of sampling effort and detection, as well as evaluate policies state by state.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- Inadequate policies for hunting large carnivores American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · Dec 17, 2015 · first to report
- Carnivore hunting policy does not always align with science, say researchers University of Oxford · Dec 17, 2015
- International team says carnivore hunting policy and science don't align University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science · Dec 17, 2015