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Does fencing reduce the carrying capacity for populations of large herbivores?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

R. Ben-Shahar
R. Ben-Shahar
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford 0X1 3PS, UK
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Keywords

bush clearancefencinglionsmortalitypredationrainfall patternssemi-arid savannaSouth Africawildebeestzebra
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Short Communication
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , May 1993 , pp. 249 - 253
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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