For Wildebeests, Danger Ahead. By Robert M. Poole, Smithsonian, May, 2010. "With human populations booming in East Africa, some scientists have expressed concern that the pressures of development, deforestation and poaching could challenge the wildebeest. The herd reached a near-historic peak of 1.5 million a decade ago and is now down to 1.2 million. The population may also be affected by more intense variations in seasonal flooding and drought, which might be the result of climate change, according to Mark E. Ritchie, a biologist at Syracuse University."
2010-05-19
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