The Empty Forest

1992/06/01 by Kent H. Redford · 11 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Plant and animal studies #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

paper · doi:10.2307/1311860

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Abstract

Kent H. Redford; The Empty Forest: Many large animals are already ecologically extinct in vast areas of neotropical forest where the vegetation still appears in

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