Edge Effects and the Extinction of Popul
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Woodroffe, R.
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Article
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1998
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American Association for the Advancement of Scienc
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English
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Theory predicts that small populations may be driven to extinction by random fluctuations in demography and loss of genetic diversity through drift. However, population size is a poor predictor of extinction in large carnivores inhabiting protected areas. Conflict with people on reserve borders is t