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Scavenging and frugivory data in the Greater Everglades, 2019 (ver. 2.0, July 2024)

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2019-05-06
End Date
2019-10-31
Revision
2024-07-31

Citation

Hart, K.M., and McCleery, R.A., 2024, Scavenging and frugivory data in the Greater Everglades, 2019 (ver. 2.0, July 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98RTNTU.

Summary

Mid-sized mammals (i.e., mesomammals) fulfill important ecological roles, serving as essential scavengers, predators, pollinators, and seed dispersers in the ecosystems they inhabit. Consequently, declines in mesomammal populations have the potential to disrupt ecological processes and degrade ecosystems. However, ecosystems characterized by high functional redundancy, where multiple species can fulfill similar ecological roles, may be less impacted by the loss of mesomammals and other vertebrates. The Greater Everglades Ecosystem in southern Florida is a historically biodiverse region that has recently been impacted by multiple anthropogenic threats, most notably the introduction of the Burmese python (Python bivittatus). Since pythons [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Kristen M Hart
Originator :
Kristen M Hart, Robert A McCleery
Metadata Contact :
Kristen M Hart
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems
SDC Data Owner :
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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frug.com.matrix.csv 641 Bytes text/csv
frug.data.final.csv 9.95 KB text/csv
scav.com.matrix.csv 493 Bytes text/csv
scav.data.final.csv 3.04 KB text/csv
version_history.txt 658 Bytes text/plain

Purpose

If mesomammal declines have altered scavenging and frugivory rates in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, the ecological ramifications could be far-reaching. Additionally, there is a need to understand whether and how functionally redundant systems can mitigate the loss of mammals and other vertebrates (Brodie et al., 2021). To address this knowledge gap, we leveraged the documented gradient in mammal diversity within the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (McCleery et al., 2015; Sovie et al., 2016; Burkett-Cadena et al., 2021; Taillie et al., 2021) to assess the influence of mesomammal declines on two critical ecosystem processes, scavenging and frugivory. Specifically, our objectives were to 1) evaluate differences in scavenging and frugivory rates between areas where mesomammals were and were not detected, and 2) compare communities of scavengers and frugivores between areas that vary in their level of mesomammal activity.

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Revision 2.0 by Matt Cannister on July 31, 2024. To review the changes that were made, see “version_history.txt” in the attached files section.

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