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Road will ruin Serengeti

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  • Andrew P. Dobson

    (New Jersey 08544, USA. dobson@Princeton.edu)

  • Markus Borner

    (Markus Borner is director of the Africa Programme at Frankfurt Zoological Society, Arusha, Tanzania.)

  • Anthony R. E. Sinclair

    (Anthony R. E. Sinclair is at the Centre for Biodiversity Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada.)

  • Peter J. Hudson

    (Peter J. Hudson is director of the Huck Institute of Life Sciences, Penn State University, Pennsylvania 16802 USA.)

  • T. Michael Anderson

    (Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109, USA.)

  • Gerald Bigurube

    (Gerald Bigurube is at the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), Arusha, Tanzania.)

  • Tim B. B. Davenport

    (Tim B. B. Davenport is country director for the Wildlife Conservation Society in Tanzania, Zanzibar, Tanzania.)

  • James Deutsch

    (James Deutsch is executive director, Africa Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, New York 10460, USA.)

  • Sarah M. Durant

    (Sarah M. Durant is at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London NW1 4RY, UK.)

  • Richard D. Estes

    (Richard D. Estes, 5 Granite Street, Peterborough, New Hampshire 03458, USA.)

  • Anna B. Estes

    (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903, USA.)

  • John Fryxell

    (University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2WI, Canada.)

  • Charles Foley

    (Charles Foley is at the Wildlife Conservation Society, Arusha, Tanzania.)

  • Michelle E. Gadd

    (Michelle E. Gadd is Africa programme officer, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Arlington, Virginia 22203 USA.)

  • Dan Haydon

    (University of Glasgow, Scotland G12 8QQ, UK.)

  • Ricardo Holdo

    (University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211-7400, USA.)

  • Robert D. Holt

    (University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.)

  • Katherine Homewood

    (University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.)

  • J. Grant C. Hopcraft

    (J. Grant C. Hopcraft is in the Community and Conservation Ecology Group, University of Groningen, 9750 AA Haren, the Netherlands.)

  • Ray Hilborn

    (Ray Hilborn is in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.)

  • George L. K. Jambiya

    (University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.)

  • M. Karen Laurenson

    (M. Karen Laurenson, FZS, Arusha, Tanzania.)

  • Lota Melamari

    (Lota Melamari is chief executive/coordinator, Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.)

  • Alais Ole Morindat

    (Alais Ole Morindat, Kimmage East Africa Programme, Arusha, Tanzania.)

  • Joseph O. Ogutu

    (Joseph O. Ogutu is at the Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany.)

  • George Schaller

    (George Schaller, Panthera, New York, New York 10018, USA.)

  • Eric Wolanski

    (Eric Wolanski is at the Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.)

Abstract

Tanzania's iconic national park must not be divided by a highway, say Andrew Dobson, Markus Borner, Tony Sinclair and 24 others. A route farther south would bring greater benefits to development and the environment.

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  • Andrew P. Dobson & Markus Borner & Anthony R. E. Sinclair & Peter J. Hudson & T. Michael Anderson & Gerald Bigurube & Tim B. B. Davenport & James Deutsch & Sarah M. Durant & Richard D. Estes & Anna B., 2010. "Road will ruin Serengeti," Nature, Nature, vol. 467(7313), pages 272-273, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:467:y:2010:i:7313:d:10.1038_467272a
    DOI: 10.1038/467272a
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