The Anthropocene is characterized as an epoch when human influence has begun to
fundamentally alter many aspects of the Earth system and many of the planet's biomes …

Available information on the consumption of wild meat in West and Central Africa is
reviewed. We show that mammals are the prime source of bushmeat, and that ungulates …

People depend on benefits provided by ecological systems. Understanding how these
ecosystem services–and the ecosystem properties underpinning them–respond to drivers of …

The strength of phylogenetic signal in extinction risk can give insight into the mechanisms
behind species' declines. Nevertheless, no existing measure of phylogenetic pattern in a …

During 2012, 2013 and 2015, we collected small mammals within 25 km of the town of
Boende in Tshuapa Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The prevalence of …

Africa is on the verge of a mining boom. We review the environmental threats from African
mining development, including habitat alteration, infrastructure expansion, human migration …

Human land use has caused substantial declines in global species richness. Evidence from
different taxonomic groups and geographic regions suggests that land use does not equally …

Vertebrate responses to hunting are widely variable for target and nontarget species
depending on the history of hunting and productivity of any given site and the life history …

Road expansion and associated increases in hunting pressure are a rapidly growing threat
to African tropical wildlife. In the rainforests of southern Gabon, we compared abundances of …

Wild meat or 'bushmeat'has long served as a principal source of protein and a key
contributor to the food security of millions of people across the develo** world, most …