There is increasing recognition that alien species may be 'sleepers', becoming invasive with
favourable changes in conditions, yet these changes remain difficult to predict. As …

Seed dispersal by frugivorous bird species involves a fine temporal tuning between fruiting
plants and birds. However, this interaction may be severely threatened by anthropogenic …

Several hypotheses explain how sensory, anatomical and physiological constraints drive
fruit preference in frugivores. Optimal diet theory (ODT) states that frugivores make decisions …

Fruit selection, ie, the consumption of fruits disproportionately to their availability, results
from the interaction between diet preferences and ecological factors that modify them. We …

Interaction frequency is the most common currency in quantitative ecological networks,
although interaction quality can also affect benefits provided by mutualisms. Here, we …

According to diet‐regulation hypotheses, animals select food to regulate the intake of
macronutrients or maximise energy feeding efficiency. Specifically, the nutrient balance …

Urbanization is currently one of the trademarks of the Anthropocene, accelerating
evolutionary processes and reshaping ecological interactions over short time scales …

Interactions among animals and plants are key to understanding seed dispersal, plant
regeneration and plant community patterns. These interactions can be dynamic, with …

1. We used an agent-based model to test the hypothesis that diet complementation by
frugivores can promote the persistence of rare plant species in communities (DCH). 2 …

Diversified assemblages of frugivores interact with fruits/seeds in tropical environments.
Species within assemblages vary largely in body size, abundance, seed treatment and …