Once majestic Atlantic Forest ’empty’ after 500 years of over-exploitation

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 08:50 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Five centuries of over-exploitation has halved mammal populations in South America’s Atlantic Forest – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. A new analysis of mammal populations, published today in the journal PLoS ONE, has revealed the devastating effects of human disturbance over the last 500 years. More than half of the local […]

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