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Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation

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Biodiversity at multiple trophic levels is needed for ecosystem multifunctionality

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Dispersal limitation induces long-term biomass collapse in overhunted Amazonian forests

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Biodiversity and environmental context predict dung beetle-mediated seed dispersal in a tropical forest field experiment

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Big dung beetles dig deeper: trait-based consequences for faecal parasite transmission

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Defaunation affects carbon storage in tropical forests

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Defaunation in the Anthropocene

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The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection

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Partitioning the relative contribution of one-phase and two-phase seed dispersal when evaluating seed dispersal effectiveness

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Selective defaunation affects dung beetle communities in continuous Atlantic rainforest

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Cascading effects of contemporaneous defaunation on tropical forest communities

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Long-term exclosure of large terrestrial vertebrates: Implications of defaunation for seedling demographics in the Amazon rainforest

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Consequences of defaunation for a tropical tree community

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Dung Beetle Community and Functions along a Habitat-Disturbance Gradient in the Amazon: A Rapid Assessment of Ecological Functions Associated to Biodiversity

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The role of dung beetles as a secondary seed disperser after dispersal by frugivore mammals in a temperate deciduous forest

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Dung Beetles Reduce Clustering of Tropical Tree Seedlings

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Trait-dependent response of dung beetle populations to tropical forest conversion at local and regional scales

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Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

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The functional role of producer diversity in ecosystems

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Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

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Terrestrial phosphorus limitation: mechanisms, implications, and nitrogen–phosphorus interactions

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Secondary seed dispersal by dung beetles in a Colombian rain forest: effects of dung type and defecation pattern on seed fate

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The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World's Vertebrates

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Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Secondary Forests

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NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY INDICES FOR A MULTIFACETED FRAMEWORK IN FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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