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Persisting in defaunated landscapes: Reduced plant population connectivity after seed dispersal collapse

2018-05-01

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Defaunation of large‐bodied frugivores could be causing severe losses of crucial ecosystem functions such as seed dispersal. The immediate ecological consequences may include alteration or even collapse of seed‐mediated gene flow affecting plant population connectivity, with impacts on the regional scale distribution of genetic variation. Yet, these far‐reaching consequences of defaunation remain understudied. Her...

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DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12848

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