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Going, going, gone: is animal migration disappearing - PubMed

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Going, going, gone: is animal migration disappearing

David S Wilcove et al. PLoS Biol. 2008.

Abstract

Many of the world's migratory animals are in decline. This essay explores the unique scientific and political challenges of protecting migratory species while they are still common.

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Figure 1. Migratory Wildebeest in the Serengeti

The migration of large mammals is an increasingly threatened phenomenon around the world. (Photograph: Nathan Gregory)

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