Sri Lankan Park's Elephant Population Shrinking Amid Ecological Change

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Ecological changes in Sri Lanka are reducing the elephant population of a national park. The article examines how elephant communities, which often display remarkable resilience, can be pushed beyond their limits by environmental shifts. The source text provided is brief, so specific details about the causes, timeline, and scale of the decline are not included here. The story is drawn from Ars Technica's reporting on the limits of elephant community resilience.

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