Global wildlife trade permeates the Tree of Life

• Published in: Biological conservation Vol. 247; p. 108503
• Main Authors: Fukushima, Caroline Sayuri, Mammola, Stefano, Cardoso, Pedro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2020; The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd
• Subjects: canopy; CITES; extinction; industry; International trading; IUCN; natural resources conservation; permeates; Plant blindness; trade; Trafficking; vertebrates; Vertebratism; wildlife; Vertebratism; Plant blindness; IUCN; International trading; Trafficking; CITES

Legal and illegal wildlife trade is a multibillion dollar industry that is driving several species toward extinction. Even though wildlife trade permeates the Tree of Life, most analyses to date focused on the trade of a small selection of charismatic vertebrate species. Given that vertebrate taxa r...