Weaker Plant‐Frugivore Trait Matching Towards the Tropics and on Islands

• Published in: Ecology letters Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. e70061 - n/a
• Main Authors: Huang, Xiao, Dalsgaard, Bo, Chen, Si‐Chong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2025; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Animals; avian frugivore; beak; Beak - anatomy & histology; Biodiversity; biogeography; Biological Evolution; Biotic factors; biotic interaction; Birds; Birds - physiology; coevolution; Continents; co‐evolution; Diet; endozoochory; Feeding Behavior; Flowers & plants; frugivores; Frugivory; Fruit; fruit size; Fruits; Herbivory; Islands; latitude; Matching; Optimal foraging; Plant species; Plants; seed dispersal; Species; species diversity; Synthesis; Tropical Climate; Tropical environments; biotic interaction; endozoochory; avian frugivore; seed dispersal; biogeography; co‐evolution

ABSTRACT Biotic interactions play an important role in species diversification and maintenance and, thus, are regarded as the architecture of biodiversity. Since Darwin and Wallace, biologists have debated whether biotic interactions are stronger towards the tropics and on continents, when compared...