Trophy Hunting and Possible Source-Sink Dynamics in Protected Areas: Insights from Trophy Size and Offtake Patterns in Southeast Zimbabwe

<figure class="figure-group responsive"><div class="sub-figure" id="a"><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijz/volume-2019/1313927/figures/1313927.fig.002a.svgz" name="1313927.fig.002a" type="image/svg+xml"></object><div class="fig-label">(a) African elephant</div></div><div class="sub-figure" id="b"><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijz/volume-2019/1313927/figures/1313927.fig.002b.svgz" name="1313927.fig.002b" type="image/svg+xml"></object><div class="fig-label">(b) Cape buffalo</div></div><div class="sub-figure" id="c"><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijz/volume-2019/1313927/figures/1313927.fig.002c.svgz" name="1313927.fig.002c" type="image/svg+xml"></object><div class="fig-label">(c) Greater kudu</div></div><div class="sub-figure" id="d"><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijz/volume-2019/1313927/figures/1313927.fig.002d.svgz" name="1313927.fig.002d" type="image/svg+xml"></object><div class="fig-label">(d) Leopard</div></div></figure>

<p>Temporal trend in mean trophy size (with 95% confidence interval) for selected wildlife species: (a) African elephant, (b) Cape buffalo, (c) Greater kudu, and (d) Leopard for period 2007–2014 in Malapati Safari Area, southeast of Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe.</p>

International Journal of Zoology

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Figure 2: Trophy Hunting and Possible Source-Sink Dynamics in Protected Areas: Insights from Trophy Size and Offtake Patterns in Southeast Zimbabwe 