Evolution of slaughterhouses, pastures and cattle densities, 2000–2016.

Cattle densities (head per hectare of pasture) calculated from [32] and the maximum pasture area in each municipality. Pastures include all pixels classified as ‘pastures’ or ‘pastures or agriculture’ by [54] or [56]. For seven plants with a closing date but without a starting date, we estimated the starting date using the average life-cycle of the plants in the same inspection category. Sources: same as in Fig 2.