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Large Vegetarian Mammals Can Play a Critical Role in Ecosystem Health

Caption: Removing zebras, giraffes and other large vegetarian mammals from the African savanna can cause dramatic population shifts in a variety of plant and animal species, say Stanford scientists.

Credit: Mark Shwartz, Stanford University

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