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Humans influence mammal populations even inside protected areas

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An analysis of millions of wildlife photographs has revealed that survival and colonization probabilities of mammals in protected areas are associated with people and what they do both inside and outside these areas.

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Fig. 1: Mean predicted colonization probability for specialists and generalists in relation to habitat-related and human pressure-related covariates.

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This is a summary of: Semper-Pascal, A. et al. Occurrence dynamics of mammals in protected tropical forests respond to human presence and activities. Nat. Ecol. Evol., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02060-6 (2023).

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