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SUBMITTER: Liang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7733844 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liang Yuanning Y Rudik Ivan I Zou Eric Yongchen EY Johnston Alison A Rodewald Amanda D AD Kling Catherine L CL
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20201124 49
Massive wildlife losses over the past 50 y have brought new urgency to identifying both the drivers of population decline and potential solutions. We provide large-scale evidence that air pollution, specifically ozone, is associated with declines in bird abundance in the United States. We show that an air pollution regulation limiting ozone precursors emissions has delivered substantial benefits to bird conservation. Our estimates imply that air quality improvements over the past 4 decades have ...[more]