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Comparing South African and Canadian practices for managing large herbivores in fenced protected areas
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As human civilization expands and depletes resources, protected areas, such as national parks, have become key areas of conservation. Increasingly, protected areas are becoming ‘islands’ of wilderness. 1,2,3 As a result, wildlife cannot move freely throughout their ranges, concentrating their impacts. 20 Large herbivores greatly impact vegetation
in areas they occupy;1,3,4,5,6 such impacts are compounded in fenced protected areas,1 especially if predation is reduced or absent and if populations become hyperabundant. -
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- 2013-01-01
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