{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(1)"],"submitter":["Jolly CJ"],"funding":["NSW Department of Planning,Industry and Environment","Australian Research Council"],"pubmed_abstract":["Global wildlife trade is a multibillion-dollar industry and a significant driver of vertebrate extinction risk. Yet, few studies have quantified the impact of wild harvesting for the illicit pet trade on populations. Long-lived species, by virtue of their slow life history characteristics, may be unable to sustain even low levels of collecting. Here, we assessed the impact of illegal collecting on populations of endangered broad-headed snakes (Hoplocephalus bungaroides) at gated (protected) and ungated (unprotected) sites. Because broad-headed snakes are long-lived, grow slowly and reproduce infrequently, populations are likely vulnerable to increases in adult mortality. Long-term data revealed that annual survival rates of snakes were significantly lower in the ungated population than the"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["5380"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7970890"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Slow life history leaves endangered snake vulnerable to illegal collecting."],"pmcid":["PMC7970890"],"pubmed_authors":["Webb JK","Von Takach B","Jolly CJ"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Slow life history leaves endangered snake vulnerable to illegal collecting.","description":"Global wildlife trade is a multibillion-dollar industry and a significant driver of vertebrate extinction risk. Yet, few studies have quantified the impact of wild harvesting for the illicit pet trade on populations. Long-lived species, by virtue of their slow life history characteristics, may be unable to sustain even low levels of collecting. Here, we assessed the impact of illegal collecting on populations of endangered broad-headed snakes (Hoplocephalus bungaroides) at gated (protected) and ungated (unprotected) sites. Because broad-headed snakes are long-lived, grow slowly and reproduce infrequently, populations are likely vulnerable to increases in adult mortality. Long-term data revealed that annual survival rates of snakes were significantly lower in the ungated population than the","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Mar","modification":"2025-04-05T13:48:38.292Z","creation":"2025-04-05T13:48:38.292Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7970890","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33686113"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-021-84745-1"]}}