Dezene Huber 🌻 · @dezene
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Interesting new paper on The #Empty #Forest #Syndrome that occurs with the extirpation of large #vertebrates, particularly #predators.
I can see this interacting (negatively, #synergistically) with Pauly's #Shifting #Baseline Syndrome. And is it time to coin a similar conceptual model and terms for the disappearance of #insects and other small #fauna?
Title: Beyond the “empty forest”: The defaunation syndromes of #Neotropical forests in the #Anthropocene
Open Access: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235198942200364X
#empty #forest #syndrome #vertebrates #predators #synergistically #shifting #baseline #insects #fauna #neotropical #anthropocene