| Consequences of defaunation for a tropical tree community | |
| Harrison, Rhett D.1,2; Tan, Sylvester3; Plotkin, Joshua B.4; Slik, Ferry5; Detto, Matteo6; Brenes, Tania6; Itoh, Akira7; Davies, Stuart J.8 | |
| 通讯作者 | Harrison, RD (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Biodivers & Biogeog, Kunming Inst Bot, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, Peoples R China. ; rhett_d_harrison@yahoo.co.uk |
| 2013-05-01 | |
| 发表期刊 | ECOLOGY LETTERS
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| ISSN | 1461-023X |
| 卷号 | 16期号:5页码:687-694 |
| 摘要 | Hunting affects a considerably greater area of the tropical forest biome than deforestation and logging combined. Often even large remote protected areas are depleted of a substantial proportion of their vertebrate fauna. However, understanding of the long-term ecological consequences of defaunation in tropical forests remains poor. Using tree census data from a large-scale plot monitored over a 15-year period since the approximate onset of intense hunting, we provide a comprehensive assessment of the immediate consequences of defaunation for a tropical tree community. Our data strongly suggest that over-hunting has engendered pervasive changes in tree population spatial structure and dynamics, leading to a consistent decline in local tree diversity over time. However, we do not find any support for suggestions that over-hunting reduces above-ground biomass or biomass accumulation rate in this forest. To maintain critical ecosystem processes in tropical forests increased efforts are required to protect and restore wildlife populations. |
| 关键词 | Biodiversity Bushmeat Conservation Defaunation Hunting National Park Rainforest Seed Dispersal Spatial Pattern Tropical |
| 学科领域 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000318077200015 |
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/16473 |
| 专题 | 资源植物与生物技术所级重点实验室 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Biodivers & Biogeog, Kunming Inst Bot, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, Peoples R China 2.World Agroforestry Ctr, East Asia Off, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, Peoples R China 3.Ctr Trop Forest Sci, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia 4.Univ Penn, Dept Biol, Lynch Labs 219, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Integrat Conservat, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China 6.Smithsonian Trop Res Inst, Smithsonian Inst Global Earth Observ, Ctr Trop Forest Sci, Balboa, Panama 7.Osaka City Univ, Osaka 5588585, Japan 8.Smithsonian Trop Res Inst, Ctr Trop Forest Sci, Smithsonian Inst Global Earth Observ, Washington, DC 20012 USA |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Harrison, Rhett D.,Tan, Sylvester,Plotkin, Joshua B.,et al. Consequences of defaunation for a tropical tree community[J]. ECOLOGY LETTERS,2013,16(5):687-694. |
| APA | Harrison, Rhett D..,Tan, Sylvester.,Plotkin, Joshua B..,Slik, Ferry.,Detto, Matteo.,...&Davies, Stuart J..(2013).Consequences of defaunation for a tropical tree community.ECOLOGY LETTERS,16(5),687-694. |
| MLA | Harrison, Rhett D.,et al."Consequences of defaunation for a tropical tree community".ECOLOGY LETTERS 16.5(2013):687-694. |
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