Dung Beetles Reduce Clustering of Tropical Tree Seedlings
We used manipulative field exclusion experiments to investigate the effects of dung beetles on the spatial aggregation of emerging seedlings of two tropical tree species. The results provide the first direct demonstration that tropical dung beetles reduce seedling clustering, with important implicat...
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| author | Lawson, C Mann, D Lewis, O |
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| description | We used manipulative field exclusion experiments to investigate the effects of dung beetles on the spatial aggregation of emerging seedlings of two tropical tree species. The results provide the first direct demonstration that tropical dung beetles reduce seedling clustering, with important implications for plant densities and demography. © 2012 by The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:a4491b0b-3a90-4da9-ad0e-ff84bad196402022-03-27T02:32:49ZDung Beetles Reduce Clustering of Tropical Tree SeedlingsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a4491b0b-3a90-4da9-ad0e-ff84bad19640EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2012Lawson, CMann, DLewis, OWe used manipulative field exclusion experiments to investigate the effects of dung beetles on the spatial aggregation of emerging seedlings of two tropical tree species. The results provide the first direct demonstration that tropical dung beetles reduce seedling clustering, with important implications for plant densities and demography. © 2012 by The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. |
| spellingShingle | Lawson, C Mann, D Lewis, O Dung Beetles Reduce Clustering of Tropical Tree Seedlings |
| title | Dung Beetles Reduce Clustering of Tropical Tree Seedlings |
| title_full | Dung Beetles Reduce Clustering of Tropical Tree Seedlings |
| title_fullStr | Dung Beetles Reduce Clustering of Tropical Tree Seedlings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dung Beetles Reduce Clustering of Tropical Tree Seedlings |
| title_short | Dung Beetles Reduce Clustering of Tropical Tree Seedlings |
| title_sort | dung beetles reduce clustering of tropical tree seedlings |
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