Stem breaks as an indirect measure of megafaunal herbivory in tropical forests: An experimental study-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Stem breaks as an indirect measure of megafaunal herbivory in tropical forests: An experimental study

Published:2024-03-03 Issue:3 Volume:56 Page:
ISSN:0006-3606
Container-title:Biotropica
language:en
Short-container-title:Biotropica

Author:

Terborgh John¹²^ORCID,Solana Mena Alicia³,Davenport Lisa¹²,Pura Param Bin³,A/L Din Husin Sudin³,Tunil Charang Muhamad Tauhid Bin³,Tan Wei Harn³⁴,Campos‐Arceiz Ahimsa³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Florida Museum of Natural History and Department of Biology University of Florida Gainesville Florida USA

2. School of Science and Engineering James Cook University Cairns Queensland Australia

3. Management and Ecology of Malaysian Elephants, School of Geographical and Environmental Sciences University of Nottingham Malaysia Selangor Malaysia

4. Southeast Asian Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botany Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences Yunnan China

Abstract

AbstractTo simulate megafaunal (pig, tapir, and elephant) foraging, we cut 1228 saplings in a Sundaic rainforest. In total, 89%–94% of cut stems survived after 13.5 months. About 90% of naturally occurring break scars were at heights ≤1 m, implicating pigs, not elephants or tapirs, as the main source of stem damage in this forest.Abstract in Malay is available with online material.

Funder

Yayasan Sime Darby

Publisher

Wiley

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/btp.13310

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