Undesirable evolutionary consequences of trophy hunting

By D. Coltman, P. O'Donoghue, J. Jorgenson, J. Hogg, C. Strobeck, M. Festa‐Bianchet. Nature, 2003

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Should we consider individual behavior differences in applied wildlife conservation studies (2017, background): “Adopt flexible, adaptive management strategies for harvested populations that maintain diversity in physical and behavioral traits (Coltman et al., 2003; Festa-Bianchet, 2003; Smith and Blumstein, 2013).”
THE MOLECULAR TOOLBOX: GENETIC TECHNIQUES IN WILDLIFE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (2005, methodology): “In a different approach, Coltman et al. (2003b) found evidence that the harvest of trophy rams in a Canadian population of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) influenced the growth trajectories of individuals.”
Experimental harvesting of fish populations drives genetically based shifts in body size and maturation (2013, background): “…species (Palumbi 2001; Darimont et al. 2009) and may have particularly undesirable consequences (eg marked reductions in body size and fecundity, as well as localized depletions or even extinctions) in harvested species (Jackson 2001; Coltman et al. 2003; Jørgensen et al. 2007; Garcia et al. 2012).”
Estimating genetic parameters in natural populations using the "animal model". (2004, methodology): “…using genetic data will also be imperfect: for example, levels of statistical certainty in paternity assignment (Marshall et al. 1998) in the ungulate studies discussed here involve error rates of 20% (Kruuk et al. 2000; Coltman et al. 2001) or 5% (Milner et al. 2000; Coltman et al. 2003).”
Variation in Life History and Demography of the American Black Bear (2011, background): “Shifts in life history and related traits due to harvest have been observed in species with stage- or sex-selective harvests (Ericsson 2001, Coltman et al. 2003, Jorgensen et al. 2009), and increasing harvest mortality selects for younger age at maturity regardless of the selectivity of harvests…”
MARINE RESERVE DESIGN AND THE EVOLUTION OF SIZE AT MATURATION IN HARVESTED FISH (2005, background): “Rapid evolution resulting from selective harvesting occurs in both terrestrial ecosystems, such as the evolution of smaller body mass and horn size in bighorn trophy rams (Coltman et al. 2003), and marine ecosystems, where size-selective fishing is common.”
Effects of climate change on life history: implications for extinction risk in mammals (2009, background): “Additionally, a decline in polygyny potential and sexual selection may also have negative consequences for the genetic fitness of a population if less fit individuals are able to sire more offspring (e.g. Coltman et al. 2003).”
Brown bear conservation and the ghost of persecution past (2011, background): “Several authors have warned of potential selective effects of sport harvest of individuals with large horns or antlers (e.g. Coltman et al., 2003; Festa-Bianchet, 2003).”
Wildlife conservation and animal temperament: causes and consequences of evolutionary change for captive, reintroduced, and wild populations (2006, background): “As with life history or morphological traits (Conover & Munch, 2002; Coltman et al., 2003), selective pressures resulting from hunting, trapping or fishing may affect several temperament traits such as sociability, activity or exploration.”
Patterns of genetic variation in anthropogenically impacted populations (2008, background): “Trophy hunting in particular may also exert strong directional selection by targeting animals with the largest ornaments, which may then remove specific alleles or genotypes from a population (Fitzsimmons et al. 1995; Coltman et al. 2003).”
Causes of mortality in North American populations of large and medium‐sized mammals (2011, background): “For example, size selective harvest of terrestrial and marine vertebrates has been shown to drive evolution of body size and life history traits in both the short- and long-term (Coltman et al., 2003; Allendorf et al., 2008; Fenberg & Roy, 2008).”
The Long-term Consequences of Short-term Responses to Disturbance Experiences from Whalewatching Impact Assessment (2007, background): “…to disturbances can have unforeseen consequences for the life history of individuals exposed to those disturbances and the dynamics of their populations (Coltman et al., 2003; Cooke & Schramm, 2007; Lusseau, Lusseau, Bejder & Williams, 2006a; Proaktor, Coulson, & Milner-Gulland, 2007).”
Phylogeography, population genetics and conservation of the European red deer Cervus elaphus (2011, background): “Feulner et al. (2004) found evidence of genetic integrity of the Carpathian red deer, notwithstanding the introduction of Austrian deer with multi-tine crowns, which took place in the 19th and early 20th centuries and left a morphological signature in the Carpathian population (Micu et al.”
An ecologist's guide to the animal model. (2010, methodology): “Regressions of BLUP estimates of breeding values on time (or birth year) have been used to test for micro-evolutionary change in response to selection on traits (e.g. Merila, Kruuk & Sheldon 2001a; Coltman et al. 2003; Reále et al. 2003; Wilson et al. 2007).”
Spatial and temporal scales of adaptive divergence in marine fishes and the implications for conservation (2006, background): “Rapid evolution in response to environmental change is now so well documented in numerous organisms (Stockwell et al., 2003) that the likelihood of adaptive divergence in response to harvest or other agents of selection should no longer be in question (Coltman et al., 2003).”
Sexual selection and social rank in bighorn rams (2006, background): “…of ungulates, the larger and older males are typically harvested by hunters, giving an artificial reproductive advantage to slow-growing males (Coltman et al. 2003; Festa-Bianchet et al. 2004) and leading to a truncated male age structure, which may affect the social structure of the…”