Is parachuting into the Amazonian jungle any way to save an ecosystem? One team of biologists thinks so. Thomas Hayden joined them on a trip to Peru to find out what they do.
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Hayden, T. Ground force. Nature 445, 481–483 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/445481a
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