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Rainforest metropolis casts 1,000-km defaunation shadow

Tropical rainforest regions are urbanizing rapidly, yet the role of emerging metropolises in driving wildlife overharvesting in forests and inland waters is unknown. We present evidence of a large defaunation shadow around a rainforest metropolis. Using interviews with 392 rural fishers, we show tha...

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Published in:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Main Authors: Tregidgo, Daniel J., Barlow, Jos, Pompeu, Paulo S., de Almeida Rocha, Mayana, Parry, Luke
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5558991/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28739913
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1614499114
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