«We show that dense - wooded, large - seeded Amazonian tree species are replaced
by light - wooded trees that produce smaller seeds, which continue to be
dispersed in overhunted forests
by more resilient smaller
mammal and bird species.»
Weta, giant flightless grasshoppers native to New Zealand, ingest and
disperse seeds --- an ecological role played
by small
mammals in other parts of the world.