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Body masses of the 15 largest mammalian primary consumers in African and Amazonian rainforest

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Nov 06, 2024 version files 10.99 KB

Abstract

These data document the smaller size of Amazonian primary consumers by comparison with their African rainforest counterparts. In particular, Amazonia has conspicuously  fewer large folivorous species. Late-Quaternary anthropogenic extinctions (discussed in the Biotropica article) account for most size and trophic mismatches between these otherwise similar Recent faunas.