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SUBMITTER: Maicher V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7729851 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maicher Vincent V Delabye Sylvain S Murkwe Mercy M Doležal Jiří J Altman Jan J Kobe Ishmeal N IN Desmist Julie J Fokam Eric B EB Pyrcz Tomasz T Tropek Robert R
Scientific reports 20201210 1
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 Cameroon were divided by lava flows, not being crossed by a local population of forest elephants until now. We assessed communities of trees, butterflies and two guilds of moths in the disturbed and undisturbed ...[more]