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Why losing big animals causes big problems in tropical forests

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Mongabay (India)

Publication Date
2017-06-14

There’s no doubt that animals play critical roles in maintaining healthy forests. In these species-rich ecosystems, birds and mammals – especially large ones – ingest seeds from all kinds of plants and, ahem, distribute them around the forest. If those seeds take root and grow, it closes the circle and the forest’s diverse mix of plant life remains intact.

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https://news.mongabay.com/2017/06/why-losing-big-animals-causes-big-problems-in-tropical-forests/