Consequences of defaunation on the structure and diversity of the understory in neotropical forests
This study compares two tropical rainforest sites in Mexico with contrasting levels of defaunation: Los Tuxtlas (defaunated) and Montes Azules (intact). In addition, we have established exclosure experiments in both sites to look at mammalian herbivory, seed predation and structure and composition of the understory vegetation.
Collaborator: Dr. Eduardo Mendoza (Universidad de Michoacán, Mexico)
Funding: CONABIO, UNAM, Universidad de Michoacán
Rodolfo Dirzo
Principal Investigator
My research is simply part of the research that most lab members are conducting. In addition to that, I conduct some projects in which students from Stanford –and from other universities– participate. I also conduct research in collaboration with other colleagues from a variety of institutions—nationally and internationally, including the following: Patterns of herbivory in… Read more
