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Acknowledgements We thank the many scientists, rangers and workers of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority who provided us with invaluable information and advice (Amit Dolev, Eli Geffen, Noam Leader, Nadav Levi, Daniel Liezrowice, Yariv Malihi, Roni Malka, Ben Rozenberg, Yehoshua Shkedi, Ofer Steinitz, Onn Valensi, Gal Vine, Yossi Werberger, and many dedicated rangers), the staff of the HaMaarag, Israel’s National Nature Assessment Program, and two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments.
Author contributions Research conception: YYT, UR; data collec- tion: AB, EH; data analysis: GW; writing and revisions: YYT, UR.
Conflict of interest None.
Ethical standards This research did not involve human subjects, experimentation with animals or collection of specimens, and other- wise abided by the Oryx guidelines on ethical standards.
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