Lion (Panthera leo) populations are declining rapidly across Africa, except in intensively managed areas

Tiger-bone trade could threaten lions

(2015) Vivienne L. Williams   NATURE

Carnivore coexistence: Value the wilderness

(2015) J. J. Gilroy et al.   SCIENCE

Collapse of the world's largest herbivores

(2015) W. J. Ripple et al.   Science Advances

Detecting declines of apex carnivores and evaluating their causes: An example with Zambian lions

(2014) Elias Rosenblatt et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Managing success: Asiatic lion conservation, interface problems and peoples’ perceptions in the Gir Protected Area

(2014) Venkataraman Meena et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Efficacy of Two Lion Conservation Programs in Maasailand, Kenya

(2014) LEELA HAZZAH et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Surveys of lions Panthera leo in protected areas in Zimbabwe yield disturbing results: what is driving the population collapse?

(2014) Rosemary J. Groom et al.   ORYX

Social Structure of Lions (Panthera leo) Is Affected by Management in Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin

(2014) Etotépé A. Sogbohossou et al.   PLoS One

The Lion in West Africa Is Critically Endangered

(2014) Philipp Henschel et al.   PLoS One

Defaunation in the Anthropocene

(2014) R. Dirzo et al.   SCIENCE

Recovery of large carnivores in Europe’s modern human-dominated landscapes

(2014) Guillaume Chapron et al.   SCIENCE

Status and Ecological Effects of the World's Largest Carnivores

(2014) W. J. Ripple et al.   SCIENCE

The bushmeat trade in African savannas: Impacts, drivers, and possible solutions

(2013) Peter Andrew Lindsey et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence

(2013) C. Packer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The Trophy Hunting of African Lions: Scale, Current Management Practices and Factors Undermining Sustainability

(2013) Peter Andrew Lindsey et al.   PLoS One

Management of Reintroduced Lions in Small, Fenced Reserves in South Africa: An Assessment and Guidelines

(2013) S.M. Miller et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Does research help to safeguard protected areas?

(2013) William F. Laurance   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Generation length for mammals

(2013) Moreno Di Marco et al.   Nature Conservation-Bulgaria

Estimation and extrapolation of time trends in registry data—Borrowing strength from related populations

(2012) Andrea Riebler et al.   Annals of Applied Statistics

The size of savannah Africa: a lion’s (Panthera leo) view

(2012) Jason Riggio et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Evaluating wire-snare poaching trends and the impacts of by-catch on elephants and large carnivores

(2012) Matthew Becker et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Density estimation in tiger populations: combining information for strong inference

(2012) Arjun M. Gopalaswamy et al.   ECOLOGY

The impact of trophy hunting on lions (Panthera leo) and other large carnivores in the Bénoué Complex, northern Cameroon

(2011) B.M. Croes et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Long-term trends in carnivore abundance using distance sampling in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

(2011) Sarah M. Durant et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Shoot, shovel and shut up: cryptic poaching slows restoration of a large carnivore in Europe

(2011) O. Liberg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Large mammal population declines in Africa’s protected areas

(2010) Ian D. Craigie et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Effects of Trophy Hunting on Lion and Leopard Populations in Tanzania

(2010) C. PACKER et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Ecological correlates of lion social organization (Panthers, leo)

(2010) K. G. Van Orsdol et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Substrate and species constraints on the use of track incidences to estimate African large carnivore abundance

(2010) P. J. Funston et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Assessment and mitigation of human-lion conflict in West and Central Africa

(2010) Hans Bauer et al.   MAMMALIA

Estimating lion population variables: prey and disease effects in Kruger National Park, South Africa

(2010) Sam M. Ferreira et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Sport Hunting, Predator Control and Conservation of Large Carnivores

(2009) Craig Packer et al.   PLoS One

Ritual vs. retaliatory killing of African lions in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

(2008) D Ikanda et al.   Endangered Species Research