Participatory monitoring reveals village-centered gradients of mammalian defaunation in central Africa
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.02.035
Abstract: Abstract Tropical areas are facing a bushmeat crisis involving the systematic over-exploitation of large-bodied mammals for both subsistence and commercial purposes. We hypothesize that because hunting generally originates from villages, it will create “halos of… read more here.
Keywords: defaunation halos; defaunation; bushmeat; village distance ... See more keywords
Defaunation effects on plant recruitment depend on size matching and size trade-offs in seed-dispersal networks
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2664
Abstract: Defaunation by humans causes a loss of large animals in many ecosystems globally. Recent work has emphasized the consequences of downsizing in animal communities for ecosystem functioning. However, no study so far has integrated network… read more here.
Keywords: seed; trade offs; size; size matching ... See more keywords
The effect of past defaunation on ranges, niches, and future biodiversity forecasts
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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16145
Abstract: Humans have reshaped the distribution of biodiversity across the globe, extirpating species from regions otherwise suitable and restricting populations to a subset of their original ranges. Here, we ask if anthropogenic range contractions since the… read more here.
Keywords: effect; defaunation; biodiversity forecasts; change ... See more keywords
Savanna vegetation increase triggers freshwater community shifts
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DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16423
Abstract: Tropical savannas are globally extensive and ecologically invaluable ecosystems. As most ecosystems however, they are subject to serious anthropogenic stress. Defaunation, and especially the loss of large mammals, is pervasive in tropical savannas and known… read more here.
Keywords: community shifts; defaunation; increase; vegetation ... See more keywords
Defaunation precipitates the extinction of evolutionarily distinct interactions in the Anthropocene
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav6699
Abstract: Defaunation erodes millions of years of evolutionary history of bird–seed dispersal interactions in human-modified landscapes. Species on Earth are interconnected with each other through ecological interactions. Defaunation can erode those connections, yet we lack evolutionary… read more here.
Keywords: distinct interactions; seed; bird; evolutionarily distinct ... See more keywords
The impact of hunting on tropical mammal and bird populations
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DOI: 10.1126/science.aaj1891
Abstract: Quantifying hunting-induced defaunation As the human population grows and increasingly encroaches on remaining wildlife habitat, hunting threatens many species. Benítez-López et al. conducted a large-scale meta-analysis of hunting trends and impacts across the tropics (see… read more here.
Keywords: mammal bird; bird; across tropics; bird populations ... See more keywords
The effects of defaunation on plants’ capacity to track climate change
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DOI: 10.1126/science.abk3510
Abstract: Description Seed dispersal in decline Most plant species depend on animals to disperse their seeds, but this vital function is threatened by the declines in animal populations, limiting the potential for plants to adapt to… read more here.
Keywords: seed; climate change; seed dispersal; defaunation ... See more keywords