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Nature 445, 481-483 (1 February 2007) | doi:10.1038/445481a; Published online 31 January 2007

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Conservation science: Ground force

Thomas Hayden1

  1. Thomas Hayden is a science writer in San Francisco, California.

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Is parachuting into the Amazonian jungle any way to save an ecosystem? One team of biologists thinks so. Thomas Hayden joined them on a trip to Peru to find out what they do.

It's dark on the forest floor, the air humid and still. Various birds startle at an intruder's passing — plump brown tinamous and large bush turkeys or curassows, squawking in protest.

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