Megagardeners of the forest - the role of elephants in seed dispersal

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Doom of the elephant-dependent trees in a Congo tropical forest (2013, neutral): “These fruits are generally brown, green or yellow and have a strong odor (Feer, 1995a; Guimarães et al., 2008; Campos-Arceiz and Blake, 2011).”
Collapse of the world’s largest herbivores (2015, neutral): “Elephants may consume more seeds from a greater number of species than any other taxon of large vertebrate (13, 59, 60).”
A Comparison of Social Organization in Asian Elephants and African Savannah Elephants (2012, background): “The species uses a wide range of tropical habitats with seasonal rainfall and is a generalist that occupies a similar niche to African elephants as the largest herbivore in its environment (Campos-Arceiz and Blake 2011; Campos-Arceiz et al. 2008; Fernando et al. 2008; Leimgruber et al. 2003).”
Forest biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services (2017, background): “seeds through mammalian guts (endozoochory) (Traveset 1998; Campos-Arceiz and Blake 2011).”
Megafauna extinction, tree species range reduction, and carbon storage in Amazonian forests (2016, background): “Recent studies demonstrate that extant megafauna play a key role in maintaining tree diversity and ecosystem function in Old World tropical forests (Blake et al. 2009, Campos-Arceiz and Blake 2011, Bueno et al. 2013).”