Loss of animal seed dispersal increases extinction risk in a tropical tree species due to pervasive negative density dependence across life stages

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1798, 2014, Pages

  Caughlin, T Trevor ^a,b   Ferguson, Jake M ^a   Lichstein, Jeremy W ^a   Zuidema, Pieter A ^c   Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh ^d   Levey, Douglas J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL FOREST DEPARTMENT   (Thailand)

^e NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Overhunting; Seed dispersal; Spatial model; Tree population; Tropical forest dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DICOTYLEDON; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPLOITATION; EXTINCTION RISK; LIFE CYCLE; MAMMAL; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ANNONACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOREST; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; THAILAND; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ANNONACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORESTS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED DISPERSAL; THAILAND; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

THAILAND;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MILIUSA HORSFIELDII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84937195929     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2095     Document Type: Article

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