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Apes and Agriculture

2023-05-22

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Non-human great apes – chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos, and orangutans – are threatened by agricultural expansion particularly from rice, cacao, cassava, maize, and oil palm cultivation. Agriculture replaces and fragments great ape habitats, bringing them closer to humans and often resulting in conflict. Though the impact of agriculture on great apes is well-recognized, there is still a need for more nuanced unders...

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Literature Corpus work: f164fa7f-ab6a-50b4-b486-745be203293c
DOI: 10.32942/x2m01k

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