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

Ecology Letters, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 28(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Biotic interactions play an important role in species diversification and maintenance and, thus, are regarded as the architecture of biodiversity. Since Darwin Wallace, biologists have debated whether biotic stronger towards tropics on continents, when compared to temperate regions islands. Here, based 354 avian frugivory networks accounting for 22,199 between 1247 bird 2126 plant species, we quantified trait matching strength, which reflects interaction strength specificity, across gradients latitude insularity globally. We found that beak size fruit was significantly poles with As underlining ecological factors, a larger proportion (measured mean fruits diets) network‐level size, smaller fleshy‐fruited botanical country where network located). These findings suggest latitudinal insular patterns driven by factors may relate co‐evolution interacting optimal foraging species.

Language: Английский

Bahama Warbler (Setophaga flavescens)

Birds of the World, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 7, 2025

Language: Английский

Heightened extinction risk due to tropical cyclones in insular biodiversity hotspots

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 307, P. 111184 - 111184

Published: April 29, 2025

Language: Английский