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Active restoration of post-mining forest benefits the activity density, but not the diversity of spider communities across the seasons in Ghana

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Defaunation affects carbon storage in tropical forests

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Tropical forests play a critical role in global carbon storage, holding approximately 40% of the Earth's terrestrial carbon. While deforestation, logging, and climate change are well-documented threats to these forests, the impact of defaunation (the loss of large frugivorous animals due to hunting and habitat loss) has been largely overlooked. Many large-seeded hardwood trees rely on large vertebrates for seed dispersal, and their decline could significantly affect forest composition and carbon storage.

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Cascading effects of contemporaneous defaunation on tropical forest communities

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Using Janzen–Connell to predict the consequences of defaunation and other disturbances of tropical forests

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Drivers and spatial patterns of avian defaunation in tropical forests

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Defaunation of Large-Bodied Frugivores Reduces Carbon Storage in a Tropical Forest of Southeast Asia

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Seed dispersal strategies and the threat of defaunation in a Congo forest

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Size-Related Differential Seed Predation in a Heavily Defaunated Neotropical Rain Forest

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Fungi and Insects Compensate for Lost Vertebrate Seed Predation in an Experimentally Defaunated Tropical Forest

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Contrasting Effects of Defaunation on Aboveground Carbon Storage Across the Global Tropics

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The Need for Carbon Finance Schemes to Tackle Overexploitation of Tropical Forest Wildlife

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Synergistic Effects of Seed Disperser and Predator Loss on Recruitment Success and Long-Term Consequences for Carbon Stocks in Tropical Rainforests

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Not Seeing the Forest for the Trees: The Oversight of Defaunation in REDD+ and Global Forest Governance

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Carbon Costs and Bushmeat Benefits of Hunting in Tropical Forests

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Improving Sustainable Tropical Forest Management with Voluntary Carbon Markets

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Basin-Wide Effects of Game Harvest on Vertebrate Population Densities in Amazonian Forests: Implications for Animal-Mediated Seed Dispersal

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