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

Overhunting reduces important plant-animal interactions such as vertebrate seed dispersal and seed predation, thereby altering plant regeneration and even above-ground biomass. It remains unclear, however, if non-hunted species can compensate for lost vertebrates in defaunated ecosystems. We use a n...

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Autores principales: Williams, Peter Jeffrey, Ong, Robert C., Brodie, Jedediah F., Luskin, Matthew Scott
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7955059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33712621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21978-8