Human presence shifts balance between leopards and hyenas in East Africa
Who's stronger? A solitary leopard or cackle of hyenas? And which is best at getting along with humans?
Ecosphere, the newest addition to the Ecological Society of America family of journals, is an online-only, open-access alternative with a scope as broad as the science of ecology itself. The journal publishes submissions from all subdisciplines of ecological science, including theoretical, empirical, and applied ecology.
Who's stronger? A solitary leopard or cackle of hyenas? And which is best at getting along with humans?
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