Rewilding defaunated Atlantic Forests with tortoises to restore lost seed dispersal functions
The extinction of frugivores has been considered one of the main drivers of the disruption of important ecological processes, such as seed dispersal. Many defaunated forests are too small to restore function by reintroducing large frugivores, such as tapirs or Ateline monkeys, and the long-term fate...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-10-01
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Series: | Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2530064417300731 |