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No decline in ungulate prey for tigers in Bardia National Park in Nepal: comments on van Lunenburg et al. (2017) and Kral et al. (2017)

Per WeggeFaculty of Environmental al Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, NO-1422, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Morten OddenFaculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Campus Evenstad, Koppang, NO-2480, Norway
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Torstein StoraasFaculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Campus Evenstad, Koppang, NO-2480, Norway
Pages 394-398 | Published online: 29 May 2019

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