Doom of the elephant-dependent trees in a Congo tropical forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 295, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-117

  Beaune, David ^a,b   Fruth, Barbara ^a   Bollache, Loïc ^b   Hohmann, Gottfried ^a   Bretagnolle, François ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Congo basin; Defaunation; Ecosystem decay; Loxondota cyclotis; Poaching; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

CONGO BASINS; DEFAUNATION; LOXONDOTA CYCLOTIS; POACHING; SEED DISPERSAL;

CONSERVATION; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

FORESTRY;

ELEPHANT; EVERGREEN FOREST; EXTINCTION; POACHING; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

CONSERVATION; DECAY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

EID: 84874355553     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.041     Document Type: Article

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