COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife | Nature Ecology & Evolution

COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife | Nature Ecology & Evolution

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“Brought about by the most tragic circumstances, this period of unusually reduced human mobility — which we suggest be coined ‘anthropause’ — may provide important insights into human–wildlife interactions in the twenty-first century.”

Biologist Christian Rutz and 14 colleagues propose a name for the global slowing of modern human activities, forced by the coronavirus pandemic. (Nature Ecology & Evolution | 12 min read)