Mammal defaunation as surrogate of trophic cascades in a biodiversity hotspot

Biological Conservation

Volumn 163, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-57

  Jorge, Maria Luisa S P ^a   Galetti, Mauro ^a   Ribeiro, Milton C ^a   Ferraz, Katia Maria P M B ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Empty forests; Herbivory; Maxent; Seed dispersal; Top down regulation; Trophic downgrading

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERBIVORY; HOT SPOT; MAMMAL; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SEED DISPERSAL; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

BRACHYTELES; BRACHYTELES ARACHNOIDES; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA; TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS; TAYASSU PECARI;

EID: 84879134377     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.04.018     Document Type: Article

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