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

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Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversity of Florida-
Autor(es): dc.contributorFlorida International University-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversity of Virginia-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversitat Pompeu Fabra-
Autor(es): dc.contributorFairchild Tropical Botanic Garden-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)-
Autor(es): dc.contributorAudubon Nature Institute-
Autor(es): dc.creatorFigueroa, Adrian-
Autor(es): dc.creatorChernyavskiy, Pavel-
Autor(es): dc.creatorGreenacre, Michael-
Autor(es): dc.creatorHerrera, Alyssa-
Autor(es): dc.creatorCuni, Lydia-
Autor(es): dc.creatorVillate, Jennifer-
Autor(es): dc.creatorGaletti, Mauro-
Autor(es): dc.creatorLiu, Hong-
Autor(es): dc.creatorWhitfield, Steven-
Data de aceite: dc.date.accessioned2025-08-21T23:00:33Z-
Data de disponibilização: dc.date.available2025-08-21T23:00:33Z-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2025-04-29-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2024-10-31-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70585-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/11449/306914-
Fonte: dc.identifier.urihttp://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/11449/306914-
Descrição: dc.descriptionConsumers 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—with implications for ecological processes such as seed dispersal. However, patterns of resource use vary temporally, and textbook herbivores may switch foraging tactics to become more frugivorous in periods of greater fleshy fruit availability. In this study, we investigated how fleshy fruit consumption of a generalist herbivore—the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)—shifts intra-annually following seasonal precipitation and subsequently examined how this shift toward increased frugivory influences the suite of plant syndromes dispersed. We noted a clear intra-annual shift toward a more frugivorous diet which coincided with seasonal precipitation and subsequently observed a marked shift in the plant syndromes dispersed with increasing frugivory. We found that as this generalist herbivore became more frugivorous, it dispersed a greater variety of plant syndromes at low levels of frugivory. However, when the gopher tortoise exhibited high levels of frugivory, the seed load was dominated by those exhibiting the endozoochory syndrome. This study illustrates a functional shift in a seed-dispersing herbivore toward that of a classical frugivore, suggesting that temporal variation in foraging strategy and the temporal scale in which foraging habits and seed dispersal interactions are quantified have implications for the suite of plant syndromes species disperse. Furthermore, trade-offs may exist that provide plants with the endozoochory syndrome with a competitive advantage over seeds with contrasting traits, such as the foliage is the fruit syndrome which is expected to experience greater dispersal by classical herbivores.-
Descrição: dc.descriptionUniversity Graduate School, Florida International University-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDivision of Equity for Excellence in STEM-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation University of Florida-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Earth and Environment Florida International University-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDivision of Biostatistics Department of Public Health Sciences University of Virginia-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Economics and Business Universitat Pompeu Fabra-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Biological Sciences Florida International University-
Descrição: dc.descriptionFairchild Tropical Botanic Garden-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartamento de Biodiversidade Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), São Paulo-
Descrição: dc.descriptionAudubon Nature Institute-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartamento de Biodiversidade Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), São Paulo-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDivision of Equity for Excellence in STEM: 1810974-
Idioma: dc.languageen-
Relação: dc.relationEcology and Evolution-
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Palavras-chave: dc.subjectfrugivory-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectgopher tortoise-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectherbivory-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectmutualism-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectplant–animal interactions-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectseed dispersal-
Título: dc.titlePrecipitation Drives Frugivory in a Subtropical Generalist Herbivore, the Gopher Tortoise, and Alters Its Functional Role as a Seed Disperser-
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