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Diverse impacts of large herbivores

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A meta-analysis of research on megaherbivore effects on ecosystems shows that large wild mammals influence heterogeneity in plant, soil and animal community responses.

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Fig. 1: The effects of large mammalian herbivores on ecosystem functioning are variable and context-dependent.

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