![]() Using a space-for-time observational approach, we quantified the large mammal community alongside the densities, host preferences and behaviors of mutualistic red-billed oxpeckers ( Buphagus erythrorhynchus), and yellow-billed oxpeckers ( Buphagus africanus) in northern Tanzania. While it has been acknowledged that the loss of large mammals can have direct and cascading effects on community composition and ecosystem characteristics, limited quantitative work has been done on how declines of large herbivore populations impacts the abundance of mutualistic symbionts. Over the past half-century, large mammal populations have declined substantially throughout East Africa, mainly due to habitat loss and unsustainable direct exploitation. ![]() ![]() Nathan Diplock, Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, # 1 Kate Johnston, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing, 2, ‡ Antoine Mellon, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing, 3, ‡ Laura Mitchell, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing, 4, ‡ Madison Moore, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing, 5, ‡ Daniel Schneider, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing, 6, ‡ Alyssa Taylor, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing, 7, ‡ Jess Whitney, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing, 8, ‡ Kera Zegar, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing, 9, ‡ John Kioko, Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing, 1 and Christian Kiffner, Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing # 1, * ![]()
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