Rainforest fragmentation kills big trees

William F. Laurance (), Patricia Delamônica, Susan G. Laurance, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos and Thomas E. Lovejoy
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William F. Laurance: Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA)
Patricia Delamônica: Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA)
Susan G. Laurance: Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA)
Heraldo L. Vasconcelos: Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA)
Thomas E. Lovejoy: Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA)

Nature, 2000, vol. 404, issue 6780, 836-836

Abstract: Abstract In tropical forests, large canopy and emergent trees are crucial sources of fruits, flowers and shelter for animal populations1,2. They are also reproductively dominant2 and strongly influence forest structure, composition, gap dynamics, hydrology2 and carbon storage3. Here we show that forest fragmentation in central Amazonia is having a disproportionately severe effect on large trees, the loss of which will have major impacts on the rainforest ecosystem.

Date: 2000
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