What does it mean to be wild? Assessing human influence on the environments of nonhuman primate specimens in museum collections

Abstract Objectives Natural history collections are often thought to represent environments in a pristine natural state—free from human intervention—the so‐called “wild.” In this study, we aim to assess the level of human influence represented by natural history collections of wild‐collected primate...

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Main Authors: Andrea R. Eller, Stephanie L. Canington, Sana T. Saiyed, Rita M. Austin, Courtney A. Hofman, Sabrina B. Sholts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-09-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8006