Negative responses of prey abundances to Human Footprint Index (either highly significant in the case of terrestrial birds, or close to significance in the case of terrestrial mammals), suggesting that the mega vertebrate community can persist in selectively logged forests [ 77 ], but unmanaged hunting pressure could result in substantial population declines and threatened prey and predators in a cascading effect.
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Predators, Prey and Habitat Structure: Can Key Conservation Areas and Early Signs of Population Collapse Be Detected in Neotropical Forests?
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