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12 - Reassembly of the Large Predator Guild into Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park

from Part III - Where Science and Conservation Management Meet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2017

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Michael J. Somers ,
Penny A. Becker ,
Dave J. Druce ,
Jan A. Graf ,
Micaela Szykman Gunther ,
David G. Marneweck ,
Martina Trinkel ,
Marcos Moleón  and
Matt W. Hayward
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Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt ,
Sally Archibald  and
Norman Owen-Smith
Joris P. G. M. Cromsigt
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sally Archibald
Affiliation:
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Norman Owen-Smith
Affiliation:
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
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Conserving Africa's Mega-Diversity in the Anthropocene
The Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park Story
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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