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| Cross-boundary human impacts compromise the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem MP Veldhuis, ME Ritchie, JO Ogutu, TA Morrison, CM Beale, AB Estes, ... Science 363 (6434), 1424-1428, 2019 | 236 | 2019 |
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