Testing the Prey-Trap Hypothesis at Two Wildlife Conservancies in Kenya.

Protecting an endangered and highly poached species can conflict with providing an open and ecologically connected landscape for coexisting species. In Kenya, about half of the black rhino (Diceros bicornis) live in electrically fenced private conservancies. Purpose-built fence-gaps permit some land...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Marc Dupuis-Desormeaux, Zeke Davidson, Mary Mwololo, Edwin Kisio, Sam Taylor, Suzanne E MacDonald
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4619403?pdf=render

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