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Giraffe evidence area

Habitat loss & fragmentation

Habitat loss, land-use change, encroachment and connectivity loss.

Moderate corpus coverage
42mapped records
26open-access records
0records with verification flag

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This area groups records related to habitat loss & fragmentation. Use the paper-level sources to identify the population, study design, outcome measured, and limits before drawing a conservation conclusion.

A mapped record is a discovery lead, not proof that a threat is severe or that a proposed intervention works.

Corpus coverage

1985–2026

62% of mapped records are marked open access. Classification can be imperfect; use the paper-level sources for substantive conclusions.

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Key papers in the map

200070 citations in source index

Movements and group structure of giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

Journal of Zoology

Open DOI
201569 citations in source index

Contemporary niche contraction affects climate change predictions for elephants and giraffes

Diversity and Distributions

Open DOI
200440 citations in source index

Ecology of desert-dwelling giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis in northwestern Namibia

The Sydney eScholarship Repository (The University of Sydney)

199533 citations in source index

West Africa's last giraffes: the conflict between development and conservation

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Open DOI
202214 citations in source index

Conservation Genomics of Two Threatened Subspecies of Northern Giraffe: The West African and the Kordofan Giraffe

Genes

Open DOI

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