Laurance, William F., Delamônica, Patricia, Laurance, Susan G., Vasconcelos, Heraldo L., and Lovejoy, Thomas E. (2000) Rainforest fragmentation kills big trees. Nature, 404. p. 836.

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Abstract

[Extract] In tropical forests, large canopy and emergent trees are crucial sources of fruits, flowers and shelter for animal populations 1,2. They are also reproductively dominant 2 and strongly influence forest structure, composition, gap dynamics, hydrology 2 and carbon storage 3. 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.

Item ID:	39260
Item Type:	Article (Short Note)
ISSN:	1476-4687
Keywords:	fragmentation, rainforest trees
Funders:	Smithsonian Institute
Projects and Grants:	Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project
Date Deposited:	15 Jul 2015 04:08
FoR Codes:	05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0501 Ecological Applications > 050104 Landscape Ecology @ 60% 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0602 Ecology > 060208 Terrestrial Ecology @ 40%
SEO Codes:	96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960806 Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity @ 100%
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