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African Lion and Spotted Hyaena Changes in Kruger National Park, South Africa

by Sam Ferreira and Paul Funston  Abstract Prey biomass, diversity, and availability dictate predator abundances and niche structure. Increased prey biomass and availability predicts that two apex predators, African lions and spotted hyaenas, should increase in abundance. Although elephant and rhino carcasses generated by poachers released prey biomass not previously available, individual lion prides or spotted hyaena […]

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The Organizational Structures for Community-Based Natural Resources Management in Southern Africa

by Bruce Campbell and Sheona Shackleton Abstract Throughout Southern Africa there has been a move to decentralize natural resource management (NRM). Decentralization has taken many forms, resulting in different organizational structures for NRM. Fourteen case studies from eight countries can be classed into four types, depending on the key organizations for NRM: (1) district-level organizations; […]

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