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Environmental Science

Protected Area Connectivity and Genetic Flow in Wide-Ranging Mammals

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Many protected areas are too small to support a viable population of large carnivores; for example, Yellowstone National Park (about 9,000 km²) can only sustain a few dozen wolves, but genetic health requires hundreds to avoid inbreeding.

Why this is interesting

A national park can be a death trap for a wolf. If it's the only protected area around, the wolf's descendants may never leave, and the population will slowly become weaker. Why?