Precipitation Drives Frugivory in a Subtropical Generalist Herbivore, the Gopher Tortoise, and Alters Its Functional Role as a Seed Disperser

Precipitation Drives Frugivory in a Subtropical Generalist Herbivore, the Gopher Tortoise, and Alters Its Functional Role as a Seed Disperser

ABSTRACT Consumers employ a variety of foraging strategies, and oftentimes the foraging strategy employed is related to resource availability. As consumers acquire resources, they may interact with their resource base in mutualistic or antagonistic ways—falling along a mutualism‐antagonism continuum...

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Main Authors: Adrian Figueroa, Pavel Chernyavskiy, Michael Greenacre, Alyssa Herrera, Lydia Cuni, Jennifer Villate, Mauro Galetti, Hong Liu, Steven Whitfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-11-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
frugivory
gopher tortoise
herbivory
mutualism
plant–animal interactions
seed dispersal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70585
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