Two centuries ago, bison and elk were more common to the east of North America's Rocky Mountains than to the west. A look into why this was so may hold lessons for modern conservation biologists.
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Moore, P. Baffled over bison. Nature 416, 488–489 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/416488b
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