Conserving the world's megafauna and biodiversity: The fierce urgency of now

William J. Ripple; Guillaume Chapron; José Vicente López-Bao; Sarah M. Durant; David W. MacDonald; Peter A. Lindsey; Elizabeth L. Bennett; Robert L. Beschta; Jeremy T. Bruskotter; Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz; Richard T. Corlett; Chris T. Darimont; Amy J. Dickman; Rodolfo Dirzo; Holly T. Dublin; James A. Estes; Kristoffer T. Everatt; Mauro Galetti; Varun R. Goswami; Matt W. Hayward; Simon Hedges; Michael Hoffmann; Luke T.B. Hunter; Graham I.H. Kerley; Mike Letnic; Taal Levi; Fiona Maisels; John C. Morrison; Michael Paul Nelson; Thomas M. Newsome; Luke Painter; Robert Mitchell Pringle; Christopher J. Sandom; John Terborgh; Adrian Treves; Blaire Van Valkenburgh; John A. Vucetich; Aaron J. Wirsing; Arian D. Wallach; Christopher Wolf; Rosie Woodroffe; Hillary Young; Li Zhang

doi:10.1093/biosci/biw168

Conserving the world's megafauna and biodiversity: The fierce urgency of now

William J. Ripple
, Guillaume Chapron
, José Vicente López-Bao
, Sarah M. Durant
, David W. MacDonald
, Peter A. Lindsey
, Elizabeth L. Bennett
, Robert L. Beschta
, Jeremy T. Bruskotter
, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz
, Richard T. Corlett
, Chris T. Darimont
, Amy J. Dickman
, Rodolfo Dirzo
, Holly T. Dublin
, James A. Estes
, Kristoffer T. Everatt
, Mauro Galetti
, Varun R. Goswami
, Matt W. Hayward

Simon Hedges, Michael Hoffmann, Luke T.B. Hunter, Graham I.H. Kerley, Mike Letnic, Taal Levi, Fiona Maisels, John C. Morrison, Michael Paul Nelson, Thomas M. Newsome, Luke Painter, Robert Mitchell Pringle, Christopher J. Sandom, John Terborgh, Adrian Treves, Blaire Van Valkenburgh, John A. Vucetich, Aaron J. Wirsing, Arian D. Wallach, Christopher Wolf, Rosie Woodroffe, Hillary Young, Li Zhang

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	197-200
Number of pages	4
Journal	BioScience
Volume	67
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw168
State	Published - 2017

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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Ripple, W. J., Chapron, G., López-Bao, J. V., Durant, S. M., MacDonald, D. W., Lindsey, P. A., Bennett, E. L., Beschta, R. L., Bruskotter, J. T., Campos-Arceiz, A., Corlett, R. T., Darimont, C. T., Dickman, A. J., Dirzo, R., Dublin, H. T., Estes, J. A., Everatt, K. T., Galetti, M., Goswami, V. R., ... Zhang, L. (2017). Conserving the world's megafauna and biodiversity: The fierce urgency of now. BioScience, 67(3), 197-200. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw168

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