23 Mammals exposed to low temperatures increase their metabolic rate to maintain constant 24 body temperature and thus compensate heat loss. This high and costly energetic demand 25 can be mitigated through thermoregulatory behavior such as social grouping or huddling, 26 which helps to decrease metabolic rate as function of the numbers of individuals grouped. 27 Sustained low temperatures in e...

Scatter-hoarding rodents can act as both predators and dispersers for many large-seeded plants because they cache seeds for future use, but occasionally forget them in sites with high survival and establishment probabilities. The most important fruit or seed trait influencing rodent foraging behavior is seed size; rodents prefer large seeds because they have higher nutritional content, but this...