Establishing macroecological trait datasets: digitalization, extrapolation, and validation of diet preferences in terrestrial mammals worldwide

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 4; no. 14; pp. 2913 - 2930
• Main Authors: Kissling, Wilm Daniel, Dalby, Lars, Fløjgaard, Camilla, Lenoir, Jonathan, Sandel, Brody, Sandom, Christopher, Trøjelsgaard, Kristian, Svenning, Jens‐Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.07.2014; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Adaptation; Biodiversity; Biological evolution; Categories; Data recorders; Data sources; Datasets; Diet; Diet ecology; Digitization; Digitizing; Ecological adaptation; ecological trait data; Ecosystems; Extrapolation; feeding guild; Guilds; Invertebrates; Mammalia; Mammals; Missing data; Original Research; phylogenetic conservatism; Phylogenetics; Reptiles & amphibians; Researchers; Species richness; Taxonomy; Terrestrial environments; Trophic levels; Trophic relationships; trophic structure; Denmark; Aarhus Denmark; feeding guild; Diet ecology; trophic structure; Mammalia; phylogenetic conservatism; ecological trait data

Ecological trait data are essential for understanding the broad‐scale distribution of biodiversity and its response to global change. For animals, diet represents a fundamental aspect of species’ evolutionary adaptations, ecological and functional roles, and trophic interactions. However, the import...