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Chapter Sixteen - Top-down control of ecosystems and the case for rewilding: does it all add up?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2019

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Matt W. Hayward ,
Sarah Edwards ,
Bronwyn A. Fancourt ,
John D.C. Linnell  and
Erlend B. Nilsen
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Sarah M. Durant  and
Johan T. du Toit
Nathalie Pettorelli
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Sarah M. Durant
Affiliation:
Institute of Zoology, London
Johan T. du Toit
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Utah State University
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