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dc.contributor.authorEwers, Robert M
dc.contributor.authorBoyle, Michael JW
dc.contributor.authorGleave, Rosalind A
dc.contributor.authorPlowman, Nichola S
dc.contributor.authorBenedick, Suzan
dc.contributor.authorBernard, Henry
dc.contributor.authorBishop, Tom R
dc.contributor.authorBakhtiar, Effendi Y
dc.contributor.authorVun, Khen Chey
dc.contributor.authorChung, Arthur YC
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Richard G
dc.contributor.authorEdwards, David P
dc.contributor.authorEggleton, Paul
dc.contributor.authorFayle, Tom M
dc.contributor.authorHardwick, Stephen R
dc.contributor.authorHomathevi, Rahman
dc.contributor.authorKitching, Roger L
dc.contributor.authorKhoo, Min Sheng
dc.contributor.authorLuke, Sarah H
dc.contributor.authorMarch, Joshua J
dc.contributor.authorNilus, Reuben
dc.contributor.authorPfeifer, Marion
dc.contributor.authorRao, Sri V
dc.contributor.authorSharp, Adam C
dc.contributor.authorSnaddon, Jake L
dc.contributor.authorStork, Nigel E
dc.contributor.authorStruebig, Matthew J
dc.contributor.authorWearn, Oliver R
dc.contributor.authorYusah, Kalsum M
dc.contributor.authorTurner, Edgar C
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-03T12:30:25Z
dc.date.available2017-10-03T12:30:25Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/ncomms7836
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/102449
dc.description.abstractInvertebrates 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 indicative of a human-induced shift in how these ecological processes operate in tropical rainforests.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherNature Publishing Group
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom6836-1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto6836-7
dc.relation.ispartofjournalNature Communications
dc.relation.ispartofvolume6
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcosystem function
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410203
dc.titleLogging cuts the functional importance of invertebrates in tropical rainforest
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.griffith.authorKitching, Roger L.
gro.griffith.authorStork, Nigel E.


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