Figure 3
From: Wild-captive interactions and economics drive dynamics of Asian elephants in Laos
Population size projections under various scenarios of demand variation. (i) Current level of exports and declining wild pool. (ii) No export and declining wild pool at 8% per year. (iv) No export and growing wild pool at 3% per year. (v) Maternity-leave compensation scheme with no export and declining wild pool. Dot-dashed lines give the total population size for demand increase (upper estimate), dashed lines the total population size for demand decrease (lower estimate) and plain lines the total population size with constant demand (as shown in Fig. 2a). Demand variations do not affect maternity-leave scenario (v).
