Landscape-level human disturbance results in loss and contraction of mammalian populations in tropical forests.

ABSTRACT: Tropical forests hold most of Earth's biodiversity and a higher concentration of threatened mammals than other biomes. As a result, some mammal species persist almost exclusively in protected areas, often within extensively transformed and heavily populated landscapes. Other species depend on remaining remote forested areas with sparse human populations. However, it remains unclear how mammalian communities in tropical forests respond to anthropogenic pressures in the broader landscape in which they are embedded. As governments commit to increasing the extent of global protected areas to prevent further biodiversity loss, identifying the landscape-level conditions supporting wildlife has become essential. Here, we assessed the relationship between mammal communities and anthropogenic threa

SUBMITTER: Greco I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11825024 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature