Logging cuts the functional importance of invertebrates in tropical rainforest

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60076658:12310/15:43888803

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150413/ncomms7836/pdf/ncomms7836.pdf" target="_blank" >http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150413/ncomms7836/pdf/ncomms7836.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7836" target="_blank" >10.1038/ncomms7836</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Logging cuts the functional importance of invertebrates in tropical rainforest

Original language description

Invertebrates are dominant species in primary tropical rainforests, where their abundance and diversity contributes to the functioning and resilience of these globally important ecosystems. However, more than one-third of tropical forests have been logged, with dramatic impacts on rainforest biodiversity that may disrupt key ecosystem processes. We find that the contribution of invertebrates to three ecosystem processes operating at three trophic levels (litter decomposition, seed predation and removal,and invertebrate predation) is reduced by up to one-half following logging. These changes are associated with decreased abundance of key functional groups of termites, ants, beetles and earthworms, and an increase in the abundance of small mammals, amphibians and insectivorous birds in logged relative to primary forest. Our results suggest that ecosystem processes themselves have considerable resilience to logging, but the consistent decline of invertebrate functional importance is indi

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Nature Communications

ISSN

2041-1723

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

APR 15

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000353703400003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84927647175