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Research on lions has encompassed many interdisciplinary subjects over the last fifty years, involving close cooperation with scientists from more than a dozen different disciplines. Greater scientific understanding of disease dynamics, the effects of sport hunting on lion populations, and the interactions between lions and their prey have all resulted from these collaborations. Additionally, new policies regarding hunting have been implemented in several African countries, camera traps have been widely used as a tool for conservation management, new statistical and economic approaches to broadscale conservation approaches, and creative local-level conservation interventions have been made possible.

Panthera leo lions have yielded valuable insights into the ecology of large carnivores. Additionally, due to the growing threat posed by human population growth, lions have served as an inspiration for a wide range of conservation strategies that have broad applicability in safeguarding other endangered taxa. However, up until recently, lions were relatively common compared to other large carnivores, and they are easier to observe than their counterparts that live in forests. Therefore, compared to other African carnivores, the lion has drawn more research related to behavior, ecology, and conservation. The fact that lions have long been the focus of interdisciplinary studies is a crucial component of this research history. This multifaceted approach has drawn scientists from a wide range of fields to work with lions and, frequently, apply their knowledge to other species.

To observe the lions in their natural habitat, George Schaller began the Serengeti Lion Project in 1966 with the help of a Land Rover, field notebooks, and binoculars. His work served as the foundation for his seminal book, The Serengeti Lion (Schaller, 1972), which went on to win the National Book Award. Anne Pusey and I took over the project in 1978 and initially went down the same route, though by then we were more interested in testing out particular theories regarding the behavior of this renowned social species. We were able to use twelve years of demographic data that Brian Bertram, David Bygott, and Jeannette Hanby had kept on hundreds of people between 1969 and 1978 (Bygott et al.,