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SUBMITTER: Ripple WJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5098989 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ripple William J WJ Abernethy Katharine K Betts Matthew G MG Chapron Guillaume G Dirzo Rodolfo R Galetti Mauro M Levi Taal T Lindsey Peter A PA Macdonald David W DW Machovina Brian B Newsome Thomas M TM Peres Carlos A CA Wallach Arian D AD Wolf Christopher C Young Hillary H
Royal Society open science 20161019 10
Terrestrial mammals are experiencing a massive collapse in their population sizes and geographical ranges around the world, but many of the drivers, patterns and consequences of this decline remain poorly understood. Here we provide an analysis showing that bushmeat hunting for mostly food and medicinal products is driving a global crisis whereby 301 terrestrial mammal species are threatened with extinction. Nearly all of these threatened species occur in developing countries where major coexist ...[more]