Palms, peccaries and perturbations: widespread effects of small-scale disturbance in tropical forests

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Disturbance is an important process structuring ecosystems worldwide and has long been thought to be a significant driver of diversity and dynamics. In forests, most studies of disturbance have focused on large-scale disturbance such...

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Main Authors: Queenborough Simon A, Metz Margaret R, Wiegand Thorsten, Valencia Renato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-03-01
Series:BMC Ecology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/12/3