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The effects of tourist and boat traffic on parrot geophagy in lowland Peru

2017-09-01

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Ecotourism generates important revenue in many developing economies, but poorly regulated ecotourism can threaten the long‐term viability of key biological resources. We determined the effects of tourism, boat traffic, and natural disturbances on parrot geophagy (soil consumption) across seven riverine claylicks in the lowlands of Madre de Dios, Peru. Claylick use significantly decreased when visitors did not foll...

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Literature Corpus work: 27fd2ea6-d9c8-5e3a-9346-414c971d0634
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12426

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