The value of trophic interactions for ecosystem function: dung beetle communities influence seed burial and seedling recruitment in tropical forests

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  2016

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2016-12-14

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2016.1634PMID 27928036PMCID PMC5204146
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