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Résumé :
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In 1999, the Russian Federation created a Tiger Response Team (TRT) to investigate and intervene in human-tiger conflicts. We examined data collected on human-Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) conflicts from January 2000 through February 2009 to: (1) summarize and characterize human-tiger conflicts in the area, (2) examine causes of human-tiger conflicts, and (3) attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of the TRT. The team investigated 202 conflicts. Both attacks on humans and depredations were greatest in winter (X-2 = 9, df = 3, P = 0.03 and X-2 = 64, df = 3, P
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