Effects of disturbances by forest elephants on diversity of trees and insects in tropical rainforests on Mount Cameroon

Abstract Natural disturbances are essential for tropical forests biodiversity. In the Afrotropics, megaherbivores have played a key role before their recent decline. Contrastingly to savanna elephants, forest elephants’ impact on ecosystems remains poorly studied. Few decades ago, forests on Mount C...

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Main Authors: Vincent Maicher, Sylvain Delabye, Mercy Murkwe, Jiří Doležal, Jan Altman, Ishmeal N. Kobe, Julie Desmist, Eric B. Fokam, Tomasz Pyrcz, Robert Tropek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78659-7