dc.contributor.author |
Ripple, William J.
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dc.contributor.author |
Abernethy, Katharine
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dc.contributor.author |
Betts, Matthew G.
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dc.contributor.author |
Chapron, Guillaume
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dc.contributor.author |
Dirzo, Rodolfo
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dc.contributor.author |
Galetti, Mauro
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dc.contributor.author |
Levi, Taal
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dc.contributor.author |
Lindsey, Peter Andrew
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dc.contributor.author |
Macdonald, David W.
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dc.contributor.author |
Machovina, Brian
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dc.contributor.author |
Newsome, Thomas M.
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dc.contributor.author |
Peres, Carlos A.
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dc.contributor.author |
Wallach, Arian D.
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dc.contributor.author |
Wolf, Christopher
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dc.contributor.author |
Young, Hillary
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dc.date.accessioned |
2016-11-14T09:17:01Z |
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dc.date.available |
2016-11-14T09:17:01Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016 |
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dc.description.abstract |
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 coexisting threats include deforestation, agricultural expansion, human encroachment
and competition with livestock. The unrelenting decline of mammals suggests many vital ecological
and socio-economic services that these species provide will be lost, potentially changing ecosystems
irrevocably. We discuss options and current obstacles to achieving effective conservation, alongside
consequences of failure to stem such anthropogenic mammalian extirpation. We propose a multipronged
conservation strategy to help save threatened mammals from immediate extinction and
avoid a collapse of food security for hundreds of millions of people. |
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dc.description.department |
Mammal Research Institute |
en_ZA |
dc.description.department |
Zoology and Entomology |
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dc.description.librarian |
am2016 |
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dc.description.uri |
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/2054-5703/ |
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dc.description.uri |
http://www.iucnredlist.org/ |
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dc.identifier.citation |
RippleWJ et al. 2016
Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the
world’s mammals R. Soc. open sci. 3: 160498.
http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.1098/rsos.160498. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2054-5703 |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.1098/rsos.160498 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/58045 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Royal Society |
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dc.rights |
© 2016 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. |
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dc.subject |
Wild meat |
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dc.subject |
Bushmeat |
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dc.subject |
Hunting |
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dc.subject |
Mammals |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Extinction |
en_ZA |
dc.title |
Bushmeat hunting and extinction risk to the world’s mammals |
en_ZA |
dc.type |
Article |
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