Ecological erosion of an Afrotropical forest and potential consequences for tree recruitment and forest biomass

Biological Conservation

Volumn 163, Issue , 2013, Pages 122-130

  Poulsen, John R ^a   Clark, Connie J ^a   Palmer, Todd M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Central Africa; Defaunation; Herbivory; Seed dispersal; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AFROTROPIC ECOZONE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; HERBIVORY; LOGGING (TIMBER); RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION;

CENTRAL AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 84879163951     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.03.021     Document Type: Article

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