The forests of southeastern Amazonia are highly threatened by disturbances such as fragmentation, understory fires, and extreme climatic events. Large‐bodied frugivores such as the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) have the potential to offset this process, supporting natural forest regeneration by dispersing a variety of seeds over long distances to disturbed forests. However, we know little about their effectiveness as seed dispersers in degraded forest landscapes. Here, we investigate the seed dispersal function of lowland tapirs in Amazonian forests subject to a range of human (fire and fragmentation) and natural (extreme droughts and windstorms) disturbances, using a combination of field observations, camera traps, and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data.
Empresas líderes no mercado internacional apoiam o desmatamento zero no Cerrado
Empresas líderes no mercado internacional apoiam o desmatamento zero no Cerrado
Reconhecendo a importância do Cerrado por seu papel na mitigação da mudança climática, por ser fonte de muitos dos sistemas de água doce do Brasil, e por ser uma região de produção para as commodities agrícolas, empresas líderes no mercado internacional lançaram nesta uma carta de apoio ao Manifesto do Cerrado.