Ignoring species hybrids in the IUCN Red List assessments for African elephants may bias conservation policy

Hans Bauer^{1

2}, Aristide Comlan Tehou³, Mallé Gueye⁴, Hamissou Garba⁵, Benoit Doamba⁶, Djibril Diouck⁷, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri^{8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. hans.bauer@zoo.ox.ac.uk.
² Evolutionary Ecology Group, Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. hans.bauer@zoo.ox.ac.uk.
³ Laboratory for Applied Ecology, Natural Resource Conservation, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin.
⁴ Department of HydroSciences and Environment, University Iba Der Thiam, Thiès, Sénégal.
⁵ Direction de la Faune, de la Chasse et des Parcs et Réserves, Ministère de l'Environnement de la Salubrité Urbaine et du Développement Durable, Niamey, Niger.
⁶ Direction de la Faune et des Chasses, Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
⁷ National Parks Directorate, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Dakar, Senegal.
⁸ Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁹ The Born Free Foundation, Horsham, UK.

Hans Bauer et al. Nat Ecol Evol. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;5(8):1050-1051.

doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01491-3.

Hans Bauer^{1

2}, Aristide Comlan Tehou³, Mallé Gueye⁴, Hamissou Garba⁵, Benoit Doamba⁶, Djibril Diouck⁷, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri^{8

9}

¹ Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. hans.bauer@zoo.ox.ac.uk.
² Evolutionary Ecology Group, Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. hans.bauer@zoo.ox.ac.uk.
³ Laboratory for Applied Ecology, Natural Resource Conservation, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin.
⁴ Department of HydroSciences and Environment, University Iba Der Thiam, Thiès, Sénégal.
⁵ Direction de la Faune, de la Chasse et des Parcs et Réserves, Ministère de l'Environnement de la Salubrité Urbaine et du Développement Durable, Niamey, Niger.
⁶ Direction de la Faune et des Chasses, Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
⁷ National Parks Directorate, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Dakar, Senegal.
⁸ Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
⁹ The Born Free Foundation, Horsham, UK.

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