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Natural Experiment Demonstrates That Bird Loss Leads to Cessation of Dispersal of Native Seeds from Intact to Degraded Forests

In healthy forests, vertebrate frugivores move seeds from intact to degraded forests, aiding in the passive regeneration of degraded forests. Yet vertebrate frugivores are declining around the world, and little is known about the impact of this loss on regeneration of degraded areas. Here, we use a...

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Autores principales: Caves, Eleanor M., Jennings, Summer B., HilleRisLambers, Janneke, Tewksbury, Joshua J., Rogers, Haldre S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3669269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23741503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065618