Ecologists have necessarily had to simplify matters in looking at predator–prey dynamics. Study of a situation in which predator and prey live in groups reveals that a key process was previously overlooked.
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Coulson, T. Group living and hungry lions. Nature 449, 996–997 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/449996a
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