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Tropical forests can't recover naturally without fruit eating birds - EurekAlert


<p><strong>Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester carbon. However, the fragmentation of tropical forests has restricted the movement of large birds limiting their capacity to disperse seeds and restore healthy forests.</strong></p>

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