Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6301119 | Biological Conservation | 2012 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
⺠We examine community-level responses of avian frugivores and fruit trees to past logging. ⺠Larger avian frugivores species were scarcer and smaller species more abundant in logged areas. ⺠Visitation rates to fruit trees by large frugivores was lower in logged compared with unlogged sites. ⺠Large-seeded biotically dispersed tree species had especially depressed recruitment in logged forests. ⺠These patterns might cause a community shift towards small seeded/abiotically dispersed trees.
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Authors
Nandini Velho, Jayashree Ratnam, Umesh Srinivasan, Mahesh Sankaran,