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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Main Authors: Lawson, C, Mann, D, Lewis, O
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012