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

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:7.98em"/><col style="width:10.19em"/><col style="width:3.00em"/><col style="width:6.01em"/><col style="width:4.98em"/><col style="width:4.19em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Species</td><td class="align_center">Mean ± SD Quota <br/>utilization (%)</td><td class="align_center">R2</td><td class="align_center"><span style="width: 34.5917ptpx;"><svg height="12.7178pt" id="M2" style="vertical-align:-3.42947pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.28833 34.5917 12.7178" width="34.5917pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M558 587C558 666 497 712 432 712C379 712 330 691 284 650C212 586 178 508 148 348L71 -65C49 -185 35 -229 23 -235L27 -261C49 -259 101 -251 124 -224C131 -216 138 -178 159 -24C171 66 197 200 227 356C264 550 295 668 393 668C443 668 479 632 479 575C479 516 446 458 383 418C361 404 344 398 318 397L296 350C395 338 460 281 460 192C460 110 411 40 300 40C258 40 215 55 192 69L181 51C191 18 222 -16 266 -16C308 -16 351 1 397 26C471 67 545 142 545 221C545 315 486 365 401 395C469 437 558 498 558 587Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,10.46,0)"><path d="M535 290V340H323V533H265V340H52V290H265V84H323V290H535ZM535 -22V28H52V-22H535Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,20.996,0)"><path d="M409 504C401 567 396 607 392 642C354 654 312 665 266 665C137 665 60 583 60 487C60 374 161 325 225 290C300 250 355 215 355 141C355 68 311 21 235 21C131 21 86 122 71 183L41 176C48 128 61 42 68 21C78 16 93 8 118 0C142 -7 175 -15 216 -15C349 -15 438 69 438 174C438 287 344 333 265 374C186 414 138 449 138 522C138 576 172 631 249 631C336 631 363 562 380 499L409 504Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,27.002,0)"><path d="M517 162C503 123 484 88 467 68C445 42 417 34 341 34C291 34 256 34 237 47C219 59 213 81 213 128V317H308C395 317 402 311 415 240H444V431H415C403 364 398 356 307 356H213V584C213 613 215 616 246 616H322C394 616 421 609 435 587C448 566 458 544 467 502L496 506C493 557 488 625 488 650H42V622C120 616 128 612 128 523V125C128 43 120 35 29 28V0H511C520 31 540 125 546 158L517 162Z"></path></g></svg></span></td><td class="align_center">t-statistic</td><td class="align_center"><i>P</i> value</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">African elephant</td><td class="align_center">97.88 ± 6.01</td><td class="align_center">0.76</td><td class="align_center">-0.61 ± 0.97</td><td class="align_center">-0.63</td><td class="align_center">0.560</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cape buffalo</td><td class="align_center">75.00 ± 9.80</td><td class="align_center">0.61</td><td class="align_center">3.14 ± 1.01</td><td class="align_center">3.11</td><td class="align_center"><i>0.023</i></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Greater kudu</td><td class="align_center">77.50 ± 16.69</td><td class="align_center">0.06</td><td class="align_center">1.67 ± 2.70</td><td class="align_center">0.62</td><td class="align_center">0.559</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Leopard</td><td class="align_center">58.38 ± 23.79</td><td class="align_center">0.06</td><td class="align_center">-2.42 ± 3.84</td><td class="align_center">-0.63</td><td class="align_center">0.555</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Linear regression parameter estimates for quota utilization of selected wildlife species for the period 2007-2014 in Malapati Safari Area, southeast of Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe.</div>

International Journal of Zoology

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Table 3: Trophy Hunting and Possible Source-Sink Dynamics in Protected Areas: Insights from Trophy Size and Offtake Patterns in Southeast Zimbabwe 