Globally, little is known about the dispersal abilities of carnivores, their survival in non-protected areas, and the connectivity between protected and non-protected populations. More than a decade of sighting data for 496 known African lions Panthera leo, with 189 individuals engaging in dispersing activities plus an exchange of cross-site information, has provided unique insight into connectivity and survival in unprotected and protected areas in Kenya. In particular, three individuals, across two generations residing solely in unprotected landscapes, demonstrated connectivity between three protected areas that, to our knowledge, have not previously been recognized as harbouring connected populations. These observations suggest that unprotected areas and the human communities that reside in them may successfully create corridors of tolerance that facilitate connectivity and the long-term persistence of lion populations, both within and outside protected areas.

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通过人类主导景观的宽容走廊促进了非洲狮种群之间的分散和连通性

在全球范围内，人们对食肉动物的传播能力、它们在非保护区的生存以及受保护和非受保护种群之间的联系知之甚少。496 头已知非洲狮的十多年目击数据黑豹，有 189 人参与分散活动以及跨站点信息交换，为肯尼亚未受保护和保护区的连通性和生存提供了独特的见解。特别是，跨越两代人仅居住在未受保护的景观中的三个人证明了三个保护区之间的连通性，据我们所知，这三个保护区以前未被认为是拥有连通人口的地方。这些观察表明，未受保护的地区和居住在其中的人类社区可能会成功地创建容忍走廊，以促进保护区内外狮子种群的连通性和长期存在。