Effect of high population density of eastern black rhinoceros, a mega‐browser, on the quality of its diet

This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercialNoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is noncommercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. © 2021 The Authors. African Journal of Ecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 1Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Group Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands 2Kenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi, Kenya 3Save the Elephants, Nairobi, Kenya 4Department of Geography, King's College London, London, UK 5Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 6Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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