Census shows which mammals survive in forests surrounded by sugarcane plantations
Monday, June 5, 2017 - 09:42
in Biology & Nature
A census of medium and large mammals found in 22 forest remnants surrounded by sugarcane plantations in the state. They found approximately 90% of all the species of mammals expected for São Paulo State but in smaller forest fragments, the researchers recorded only 20 percent - 50 percent of the species expected to occur across the region. This means that up to 80 percent were locally extinct in some cases.