Feeding sites promoting wildlife-related tourism might highly expose the endangered Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) to parasite transmission

Abstract An increasing number of studies have found that the implementation of feeding sites for wildlife-related tourism can affect animal health, behaviour and reproduction. Feeding sites can favour high densities, home range overlap, greater sedentary behaviour and increased interspecific contact...

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Main Authors: Eve Afonso, Rong Fu, Amaël Dupaix, Anne-Claude Goydadin, ZhongHua Yu, Cécile Callou, Petra Villette, Patrick Giraudoux, Li Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95166-5