Consequences of defaunation for a tropical tree community

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 687-694

  Harrison, Rhett D ^a,b   Tan, Sylvester ^c   Plotkin, Joshua B ^d   Slik, Ferry ^e   Detto, Matteo ^f   Brenes, Tania ^f   Itoh, Akira ^g   Davies, Stuart J ^f  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c Lambir Hills National Park   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^f SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^g Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bushmeat; Conservation; Defaunation; Hunting; National park; Rainforest; Seed dispersal; Spatial pattern; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOME; BUSHMEAT; DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; HUNTING; MONITORING; NATIONAL PARK; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIRD; BORNEO; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MAMMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED DISPERSAL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIRDS; BORNEO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMALS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED DISPERSAL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876713219     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12102     Document Type: Article

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