@article{Martins:2024:10.1126/science.adj1856,
author = {Martins, LP and Stouffer, DB and Blendinger, PG and Böhning-Gaese, K and Costa, JM and Dehling, DM and Donatti, CI and Emer, C and Galetti, M and Heleno, R and Menezes, Í and Morante-Filho, JC and Muñoz, MC and Neuschulz, EL and Pizo, MA and Quitián, M and Ruggera, RA and Saavedra, F and Santillán, V and Schleuning, M and da, Silva LP and Ribeiro, da Silva F and Tobias, JA and Traveset, A and Vollstädt, MGR and Tylianakis, JM},
doi = {10.1126/science.adj1856},
journal = {Science},
pages = {331--336},
title = {Birds optimize fruit size consumed near their geographic range limits.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adj1856},
volume = {385},
year = {2024}
}

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AB  - Animals can adjust their diet to maximize energy or nutritional intake. For example, birds often target fruits that match their beak size because those fruits can be consumed more efficiently. We hypothesized that pressure to optimize diet-measured as matching between fruit and beak size-increases under stressful environments, such as those that determine species' range edges. Using fruit-consumption and trait information for 97 frugivorous bird and 831 plant species across six continents, we demonstrate that birds feed more frequently on closely size-matched fruits near their geographic range limits. This pattern was particularly strong for highly frugivorous birds, whereas opportunistic frugivores showed no such tendency. These findings highlight how frugivore interactions might respond to stressful conditions and reveal that trait matching may not predict resource use consistently.
AU  - Martins,LP
AU  - Stouffer,DB
AU  - Blendinger,PG
AU  - Böhning-Gaese,K
AU  - Costa,JM
AU  - Dehling,DM
AU  - Donatti,CI
AU  - Emer,C
AU  - Galetti,M
AU  - Heleno,R
AU  - Menezes,Í
AU  - Morante-Filho,JC
AU  - Muñoz,MC
AU  - Neuschulz,EL
AU  - Pizo,MA
AU  - Quitián,M
AU  - Ruggera,RA
AU  - Saavedra,F
AU  - Santillán,V
AU  - Schleuning,M
AU  - da,Silva LP
AU  - Ribeiro,da Silva F
AU  - Tobias,JA
AU  - Traveset,A
AU  - Vollstädt,MGR
AU  - Tylianakis,JM
DO  - 10.1126/science.adj1856
EP  - 336
PY  - 2024///
SP  - 331
TI  - Birds optimize fruit size consumed near their geographic range limits.
T2  - Science
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adj1856
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39024457
VL  - 385
ER  - 

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