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The data set provided here includes 8,320 frugivory interactions (records of pairwise interactions between plant and frugivore species) reported for the Atlantic Forest. The data set includes interactions between 331 vertebrate species (232 birds, 90 mammals, 5 fishes, 1 amphibian, and 3 reptiles) and 788 plant species. We also present information on traits directly related to the frugivory process (endozoochory), such as the size of fruits and seeds and the body mass and gape size of frugivores. Data were extracted from 166 published and unpublished sources spanning from 1961 to 2016. While this is probably the most comprehensive data set available for a tropical ecosystem, it is arguably taxonomically and geographically biased. The plant families better represented are Melastomataceae, Myrtaceae, Moraceae, Urticaceae, and Solanaceae. Myrsine coriacea, Alchornea glandulosa, Cecropia pachystachya, and Trema micrantha are the plant species with the most animal dispersers (83, 76, 76, and 74 species, respectively). Among the animal taxa, the highest number of interactions is reported for birds (3,883) followed by mammals (1,315). The woolly spider monkey or muriqui, Brachyteles arachnoides, and Rufous-bellied Thrush, Turdus rufiventris, are the frugivores with the most diverse fruit diets (137 and 121 plants species, respectively). The most important general patterns that we note are that larger seeded plant species (>12 mm) are mainly eaten by terrestrial mammals (rodents, ungulates, primates, and carnivores) and that birds are the main consumers of fruits with a high concentration of lipids. Our data set is geographically biased, with most interactions recorded for the southeast Atlantic Forest.
Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Dept Ecol, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
Univ Helsinki, Dept Biosci, POB 65, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Aarhus Univ, Dept Biosci Ecoinformat & Biodivers, Ny Munkegade 116,Bldg 1540, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Zool, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Anim, BR-13083862 Campinas, Brazil
Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Biol Vegeta, BR-13083862 Campinas, Brazil
Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Biol, Ctr Biodivers Dynam, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
EBD CSIC, Estn Biol Donana, Integrat Ecol Grp, Ave Amer Vespucio 26, Seville 41092, Spain
Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Dept Ecol, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Zool, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
