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Fig. 1 | Environmental Evidence

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From: What evidence exists on the impacts of large herbivores on climate change? A systematic map protocol

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Simplified Conceptual Model. The introduction of large herbivores to an ecosystem may lead to multiple processes that ultimately influence climate change. Grazing, browsing and trampling can lead to changes in vegetation structure and nutrient cycles, which in turn could influence wildfire regimes and a variety of climate feedback and forcing effects. Climate could also be affected by direct methane emissions from herbivores, the impacts of defecation on nutrient cycling, and indirect impacts of seed dispersal on carbon storage

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