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Do Small Canopy Gaps Created by Japanese Black Bears Facilitate Fruiting of Fleshy-Fruited Plants?

Japanese black bears often break branches when climbing trees and feeding on fruit in canopies, thereby creating small canopy gaps. However, the role of black bear-created canopy gaps has not been evaluated in the context of multiple forest dynamics. Our hypothesis was that small canopy gaps created...

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Autores principales: Takahashi, Kazuaki, Takahashi, Kaori, Washitani, Izumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4514838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26207908
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130956