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Comment
. 2013 Nov;16(11):1414, e4.
doi: 10.1111/ele.12171. Epub 2013 Aug 20.

The case for fencing remains intact

C Packer  1 , A Swanson, S Canney, A Loveridge, S Garnett, M Pfeifer, A C Burton, H Bauer, D MacNulty
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Comment

The case for fencing remains intact

C Packer et al. Ecol Lett. 2013 Nov.

Abstract

Creel et al. argue against the conservation effectiveness of fencing based on a population measure that ignores the importance of top predators to ecosystem processes. Their statistical analyses consider, first, only a subset of fenced reserves and, second, an incomplete examination of 'costs per lion.' Our original conclusions remain unaltered.

Keywords: Carrying capacity; edge effects; fences; lions; population size.

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