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100 1 |a Poulsen, John R  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a Ecological consequences of forest elephant declines for Afrotropical forests 
264 1 |c 2018 
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500 |a Date Completed 17.10.2019 
500 |a Date Revised 17.10.2019 
500 |a published: Print-Electronic 
500 |a Citation Status MEDLINE 
520 |a © 2017 Society for Conservation Biology. 
520 |a Poaching is rapidly extirpating African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) from most of their historical range, leaving vast areas of elephant-free tropical forest. Elephants are ecological engineers that create and maintain forest habitat; thus, their loss will have large consequences for the composition and structure of Afrotropical forests. Through a comprehensive literature review, we evaluated the roles of forest elephants in seed dispersal, nutrient recycling, and herbivory and physical damage to predict the cascading ecological effects of their population declines. Loss of seed dispersal by elephants will favor tree species dispersed abiotically and by smaller dispersal agents, and tree species composition will depend on the downstream effects of changes in elephant nutrient cycling and browsing. Loss of trampling and herbivory of seedlings and saplings will result in high tree density with release from browsing pressures. Diminished seed dispersal by elephants and high stem density are likely to reduce the recruitment of large trees and thus increase homogeneity of forest structure and decrease carbon stocks. The loss of ecological services by forest elephants likely means Central African forests will be more like Neotropical forests, from which megafauna were extirpated thousands of years ago. Without intervention, as much as 96% of Central African forests will have modified species composition and structure as elephants are compressed into remaining protected areas. Stopping elephant poaching is an urgent first step to mitigating these effects, but long-term conservation will require land-use planning that incorporates elephant habitat into forested landscapes that are being rapidly transformed by industrial agriculture and logging 
650 4 |a Journal Article 
650 4 |a Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 
650 4 |a Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 
650 4 |a Central Africa 
650 4 |a Loxodonta cyclotis 
650 4 |a bosque tropical 
650 4 |a dispersión de semillas 
650 4 |a herbivory 
650 4 |a herbivoría 
650 4 |a nutrient recycling tropical forest 
650 4 |a reciclaje de nutrientes 
650 4 |a seed dispersal 
650 4 |a África Central 
650 4 |a 关键词:Loxodonta cyclotis, 中非, 种子传播, 食草作用, 营养循环, 热带森林 
700 1 |a Rosin, Cooper  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Meier, Amelia  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Mills, Emily  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Nuñez, Chase L  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Koerner, Sally E  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Blanchard, Emily  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Callejas, Jennifer  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Moore, Sarah  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Sowers, Mark  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
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