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Elephant Poaching and Vegetation Changes in Uganda
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 April 2009
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In the 1970s, under Idi Amin's rule, poaching decimated mammal populations in Uganda and, as a result of the drop in browsing and grazing pressure, uniform scrub and woodland are replacing the species-rich grasslands.
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