Defaunation is known to have pervasive, negative effects on tropical forests, but this is not the whole story

• Gust Boiten ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gustboiten@hotmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5770-8216

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• Steffi Dekegel,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Centre for Research and Conservation, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-3621

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• Nikki Tagg,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliations Centre for Research and Conservation, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Born Free Foundation, Horsham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1397-3720

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• Jacob Willie

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Research and Conservation, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8939-1321

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