Megafauna extinction, tree species range reduction, and carbon storage in Amazonian forests

Ecography

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 194-203

  Doughty, Christopher E ^a   Wolf, Adam ^b   Morueta Holme, Naia ^c,d   Jørgensen, Peter M ^e   Sandel, Brody ^d   Violle, Cyrille ^f   Boyle, Brad ^g   Kraft, Nathan J B ^h   Peet, Robert K ^j   Enquist, Brian J ^g,i   Svenning, Jens Christian ^d   Blake, Stephen ^k,l   Galetti, Mauro ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^f UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^g University of Arizona   (United States)

^h Bldg 142   (United States)

ⁱ SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^k WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^l WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FRUGIVORY; HOLOCENE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE SIZE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84956639254     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01587     Document Type: Article

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