title: Reply to Riggio et al.: Ongoing lion declines across most of Africa warrant urgent action.
authors.affiliation: Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Zoology, University of Oxford Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Tubney OX13 5QL, United Kingdom; hans.bauer@zoo.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.affiliation: Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 73091 Riddarhyttan, Sweden;
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chapron
authors.affiliation: World Conservation Union, Cat Action Treasury, Cape Neddick, ME 03902;
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nowell
authors.affiliation: Panthera, New York, NY 10018;
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Henschel
authors.affiliation: Panthera, New York, NY 10018;
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Funston
authors.affiliation: Panthera, New York, NY 10018;
authors.forename: Luke T B
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-6544
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.affiliation: Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Zoology, University of Oxford Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Tubney OX13 5QL, United Kingdom;
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Macdonald
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824;
authors.forename: Stephanie M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dloniak
authors.affiliation: Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Zoology, University of Oxford Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Tubney OX13 5QL, United Kingdom; Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55408.
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Packer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D056727:Endangered Species; D005260:Female; D008045:Lions / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological