Consistent individual tendencies in behaviour, or behavioural types, are likely to impact the
dynamics and outcomes of animal‐mediated seed dispersal. We review the extant literature …

Mutualisms are foundational components of ecosystems with the capacity to generate
biodiversity through adaptation and coevolution and give rise to essential services such as …

Scatter‐hoarding small mammals act as both seed predators and seed dispersers in forest
ecosystems. Their choices regarding consuming or caching seeds must balance the risk of …

Background & Aims: The relationship between rodents and seeds represents an integral
component of the structure and functional maintenance of forest ecosystems. Previous …

Background. Habitat complexity, predation risk, and intraspecific competition shape rodent
communities and impact foraging. Wildfires remove vegetation shelter, which increases the …

One common theme of adaptive hypotheses for the existence of stable individual differences
in behavior (personality) or persistent correlations among behaviors (behavioral syndromes) …

The repeatable among-individual variation in behavior (animal personality) is considered to
affect fitness. The variation in personality traits is shaped by complex evolutionary …

Foraging decisions by rodents are key for the long-term maintenance of oak populations in
which avian seed dispersers are absent or inefficient. Decisions are determined by the …

Many plants rely on fruit consuming animals (frugivores) to disperse their seed. Successful
dispersal is influenced inter alia by quantity of seeds dispersed, dispersal distance, nature of …

Intraspecific variation plays a pivotal role in shaping ecological dynamics. As the dispersal of
seeds of most woody plants is mediated by animals, individual variation within the animal …