Author:
Schooler Sarah L.,Finnegan Shannon P.,Fowler Nicholas L.,Kellner Kenneth F.,Lutto Ashley L.,Parchizadeh Jamshid,van den Bosch Merijn,Zubiria Perez Alejandra,Masinde Lusato M.,Mwampeta Stanslaus B.,Boone Hailey M.,Gantchoff Mariela G.,Hill Jacob E.,Kautz Todd M.,Wehr Nathaniel H.,Fyumagwa Robert,Belant Jerrold L.
Abstract
AbstractProtected areas that restrict human activities can enhance wildlife habitat quality. Efficacy of protected areas can be improved with increased protection from illegal activities and presence of buffer protected areas that surround a core protected area. Habitat value of protected areas also can be affected by seasonal variation in anthropogenic pressures. We examined seasonal space use by African lions (Panthera leo) within a core protected area, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, and surrounding buffer protected areas with varying protection strengths. We used lion locations in logistic regression models during wet and dry seasons to estimate probability of use in relation to protection strength, distance to protected area edge, human and livestock density, distance to roads and rivers, and land cover. Lions used strongly protected buffer areas over the core protected area and unprotected areas, and moved away from protected area boundaries toward the core protected area when buffer protected areas had less protection. Lions avoided high livestock density in the wet season and high human density in the dry season. Increased strength of protection can decrease edge effects on buffer areas and help maintain habitat quality of core protected areas for lions and other wildlife species.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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