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