The dangers of misrepresenting wildlife trade: response to Natusch et al. 2021

Affiliations

¹ Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
² The Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tubney, UK.
³ World Animal Protection, London, UK.
⁴ Pro Wildlife, Munich, Germany.
⁵ Centre for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China.
⁶ Monitor Conservation Research Society, Big Lake Ranch, British Columbia, Canada.
⁷ Oxford Wildlife Trade Research Group, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
⁸ International Iguana Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
⁹ Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida/IFAS, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
¹⁰ Philippine Center for Terrestrial & Aquatic Research, Manila, Philippines.
¹¹ Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany.
¹² Department of Conservation Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.

Comment

David P Edwards et al. Conserv Biol. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;35(5):1692-1694.

doi: 10.1111/cobi.13829. Epub 2021 Sep 3.

¹ Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
² The Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tubney, UK.
³ World Animal Protection, London, UK.
⁴ Pro Wildlife, Munich, Germany.
⁵ Centre for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China.
⁶ Monitor Conservation Research Society, Big Lake Ranch, British Columbia, Canada.
⁷ Oxford Wildlife Trade Research Group, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
⁸ International Iguana Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
⁹ Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida/IFAS, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
¹⁰ Philippine Center for Terrestrial & Aquatic Research, Manila, Philippines.
¹¹ Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany.
¹² Department of Conservation Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.

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Pitfalls in evaluating the sustainability of wildlife trade: reply to Sosnowski and Petrossian and Edwards et al.
Natusch DJD, Aust PW, Shine R. Natusch DJD, et al. Conserv Biol. 2021 Oct;35(5):1695-1697. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13831. Epub 2021 Sep 3. Conserv Biol. 2021. PMID: 34477238 No abstract available.

The perils of flawed science in wildlife trade literature.
Natusch DJD, Aust PW, Shine R. Natusch DJD, et al. Conserv Biol. 2021 Oct;35(5):1396-1404. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13716. Epub 2021 Jun 1. Conserv Biol. 2021. PMID: 33604972 Free PMC article.

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