Incipient loss of a rainforest mutualism?

Authors

  • Johannes H. Fischer School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New Zealand http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3527-1671
  • Heiko U. Wittmer School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New Zealand http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8861-188X
  • Endro Setiawan Gunung Palung National Park Bureau, Jalan Wahid Hasyim 41A, Ketapang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3655-4393
  • Sarah Jaffe Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1107, U.S.A. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1794-1088
  • Andrew J. Marshall Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1107, U.S.A. Program in the Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2215, U.S.A. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1041, U.S.A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7703-8811

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2890.9.1.9734-9737

Keywords:

Bird-mammal relationships, Borneo, Carpococcyx radiaceus, defaunation, indirect effects, Sus barbatus, tropical rainforest

Abstract

We use data from motion-activated remote cameras to document a commensal, and possibly mutualistic, relationship between Bornean Ground Cuckoos and Bearded Pigs in the rainforests of Kalimantan, Indonesia.  We hypothesise that birds benefiting from symbiotic relationships may suffer indirect detrimental effects from hunting that targets large mammals in tropical rainforests.

 

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26-01-2017

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2017)

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