COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife

Authors: Rutz, Christian ;

Loretto, Matthias-Claudio;

Bates, Amanda E.;

Davidson, Sarah C.;

Duarte, Carlos M.;

Jetz, Walter;

Johnson, Mark;

Kato, Akiko;

Kays, Roland;

Mueller, Thomas;

Primack, Richard B.;

Ropert-Coudert, Yan;

Tucker, Marlee A. ;

Wikelski, Martin;

Cagnacci, Francesca

Source: Nature Ecology & Evolution

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: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1237-z

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Reduced human mobility during the pandemic will reveal critical aspects of our impact on animals, providing important guidance on how best to share space on this crowded planet.

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Rutz, C., Loretto, M., Bates, A., Davidson, S., Duarte, C., Jetz, W., Johnson, M., Kato, A., Kays, R., Mueller, T., Primack, R., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Tucker, M., Wikelski, M. & Cagnacci, F. 2020, 'COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife', Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4(9), pp. 1156-1159. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1237-z

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1237-z

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