Human-induced downsizing of animal communities weakens trait matching between tropical plants and frugivores

Defaunation of large-bodied animals threatens essential ecosystem
functions, such as seed dispersal. However, the impact of this
‘downsizing’ of animal communities on plant-frugivore trait matching—the
alignment of frugivory-related plant traits (e.g., fruit size) with
frugivore traits (e.g., body mass)—remains poorly understood at
macroecological scales. Here, we investigate how human disturbance and
environmental conditions influence trait matching in plant-frugivore
networks across the tropics. We compiled data on fruit size and several
other frugivory-related plant traits, frugivore body mass, and diet
information for 1,927 plant and 1,120 animal species and integrated these
with 12,708 interaction records across 102 networks. The datasets provided
include: Plant-frugivore interaction data (Dataset S1), the plant
trait data (Dataset S2), the frugivore trait data (Dataset S3),
and the network data (incl. environmental and human impact data; Dataset
S4). Data sources are provided in the datasets, and each dataset contains
a README sheet with additional information. Data is openly available for
reuse.