Megagardeners of the forest – the role of elephants in seed dispersal
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Elephants, tapirs, and peccaries can play major roles in modifying vegetation structure, composition and dynamics through their feeding habits and movements in the forest.
“Elephants (Campos-Arceiz and Blake 2011), but also ungulates such as tapirs and peccaries (Beck 2006, Fragoso 1997, Keuroghlian and Eaton 2009), can play major roles in modifying vegetation structure, composition and dynamic through their feeding habits and movements in the forest.”
From Empty forests, empty stomachs? Bushmeat and livelihoods in the Congo and Amazon Basins (2011) · cites this paper as Campos-Arceiz and Blake 2011
The disappearance or extreme reduction of populations of keystone species, ecosystem engineers, or other important species is expected to have a disproportionate impact on the ecosystem compared to the loss of other species.
“The disappearance, or even extreme reduction, of populations of 'keystone species', 'ecosystem engineers', or other species or groups of importance in ecological communities is expected to have a disproportionate impact on the ecosystem compared to the loss of other species (Campos-Arceiz and Blake 2011, Fragoso 1997, Keuroghlian andEaton 2009).”
From Empty forests, empty stomachs? Bushmeat and livelihoods in the Congo and Amazon Basins (2011) · cites this paper as Campos-Arceiz and Blake 2011
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- Authors
- Campos-Arceiz, A., & Blake, S.
- Affiliations
- Wildlife Conservation Society (US)
- Venue
- Acta Oecologica
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-11
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 542-553
- ISSN
- 1146-609X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2121126486
- Cited by
- 384
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 48 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 26 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 22 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 13.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Acta Oecologica (publishedVersion)
- National University of Singapore (submittedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Plant and animal studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Keywords
- elephants, seed dispersal, frugivory, African forest elephant, Asian elephant, savannah elephant, tree species diversity, spatial distribution of trees, elephant conservation, hunting
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