Oil palm monoculture induces drastic erosion of an Amazonian forest mammal fauna.

Oil palm monoculture comprises one of the most financially attractive land-use options in tropical forests, but cropland suitability overlaps the distribution of many highly threatened vertebrate species. We investigated how forest mammals respond to a landscape mosaic, including mature oil palm pla...

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Main Authors: Ana Cristina Mendes-Oliveira, Carlos A Peres, Paula Cristina R de A Maués, Geovana Linhares Oliveira, Ivo G B Mineiro, Susanne L Silva de Maria, Renata C S Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5695600?pdf=render