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. 2021 Sep:261:109213.
doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109213. Epub 2021 Jun 9.

Nature, COVID-19, disease prevention, and climate change

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Nature, COVID-19, disease prevention, and climate change

Thomas E Lovejoy. Biol Conserv.2021 Sep.

Abstract

When COVID-19 arrived, usual human activity around the world paused or slowed, and nature responded to the opportunity. Even in major urban areas, people remarked on the clearer, crisper, star- brightened night skies. This issue's collection of interesting papers provides insights into ways the natural world responded, but it would seem worthwhile to take a step back and frame that phenomenon in its intellectual and epidemiological context.

Keywords: COVID-19; Climate change; Disease; Pandemic; Wildlife.

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The work is all original research carried out by the authors. All authors agree with the contents of the manuscript and its submission to the journal. No part of the research has been published in any form elsewhere, unless it is fully acknowledged in the manuscript. Authors should disclose how the research featured in the manuscript relates to any other manuscript of a similar nature that they have published, in press, submitted or will soon submit to Biological Conservation or elsewhere. The manuscript is not being considered for publication elsewhere while it is being considered for publication in this journal. Any research in the paper not carried out by the authors is fully acknowledged in the manuscript. All sources of funding are acknowledged in the manuscript, and authors have declared any direct financial benefits that could result from publication. All appropriate ethics and other approvals were obtained for the research. Where appropriate, authors should state that their research protocols have been approved by an authorized animal care or ethics committee, and include a reference to the code of practice adopted for the reported experimentation or methodology. The Editor will take account of animal welfare issues and reserves the right not to publish, especially if the research involves protocols that are inconsistent with commonly accepted norms of animal research.

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