Fungi and insects compensate for lost vertebrate seed predation in an experimentally defaunated tropical forest

Ecologists predict that loss of large vertebrates will alter tropical plant communities. Here, the authors report a field experiment on seed mortality and seedling establishment in Borneo, in which experimental defaunation of large seed consumers was functionally compensated by insects and fungi.

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Autores principales:	Peter Jeffrey Williams, Robert C. Ong, Jedediah F. Brodie, Matthew Scott Luskin
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/76f5d2dd21f641ec801afb333626d89b
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:76f5d2dd21f641ec801afb333626d89b2021-12-02T13:31:14ZFungi and insects compensate for lost vertebrate seed predation in an experimentally defaunated tropical forest10.1038/s41467-021-21978-82041-1723https://doaj.org/article/76f5d2dd21f641ec801afb333626d89b2021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21978-8https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Ecologists predict that loss of large vertebrates will alter tropical plant communities. Here, the authors report a field experiment on seed mortality and seedling establishment in Borneo, in which experimental defaunation of large seed consumers was functionally compensated by insects and fungi.Peter Jeffrey WilliamsRobert C. OngJedediah F. BrodieMatthew Scott LuskinNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Science Q Peter Jeffrey Williams Robert C. Ong Jedediah F. Brodie Matthew Scott Luskin Fungi and insects compensate for lost vertebrate seed predation in an experimentally defaunated tropical forest
description	Ecologists predict that loss of large vertebrates will alter tropical plant communities. Here, the authors report a field experiment on seed mortality and seedling establishment in Borneo, in which experimental defaunation of large seed consumers was functionally compensated by insects and fungi.
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author	Peter Jeffrey Williams Robert C. Ong Jedediah F. Brodie Matthew Scott Luskin
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title	Fungi and insects compensate for lost vertebrate seed predation in an experimentally defaunated tropical forest
title_short	Fungi and insects compensate for lost vertebrate seed predation in an experimentally defaunated tropical forest
title_full	Fungi and insects compensate for lost vertebrate seed predation in an experimentally defaunated tropical forest
title_fullStr	Fungi and insects compensate for lost vertebrate seed predation in an experimentally defaunated tropical forest
title_full_unstemmed	Fungi and insects compensate for lost vertebrate seed predation in an experimentally defaunated tropical forest
title_sort	fungi and insects compensate for lost vertebrate seed predation in an experimentally defaunated tropical forest
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/76f5d2dd21f641ec801afb333626d89b
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Fungi and insects compensate for lost vertebrate seed predation in an experimentally defaunated tropical forest

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