Influence and Management of Herbivores in Forests

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  • Godfrey C. Akani
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The wet tropical forest is, on the whole, a unique ecosystem in the world that is known to house the absolute highest number of species of both plants and animals. In this regard, it is enough to stress that the total number of flowering plant species currently known around the world is ~250 000, of which ~90 000 are of the rain forests of South America and Central America, and ~30 000 are of the rain forests of tropical Africa.

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تاریخ انتشار 2011