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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Nature Portfolio
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/76f5d2dd21f641ec801afb333626d89b |
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