Editorial: How Prides of Lion Researchers Are Evolving to Be Interdisciplinary

1 Research on the Ecology of Carnivores and their Prey (RECaP) Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States, Center for Wildlife Management Studies, The School for Field Studies, Karatu, Tanzania, 3 School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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