Bats as ecosystem engineers in iron ore caves in the Carajás National Forest, Brazilian Amazonia.
Ecosystem engineers are organisms able to modify their environment by changing the distribution of materials and energy, with effects on biotic and abiotic ecosystem components. Several ecosystem engineers are known, but for most of them the mechanisms behind their influence are poorly known. We det...
Main Authors: | Luis B Piló, Allan Calux, Rafael Scherer, Enrico Bernard |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2023-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267870 |
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