🐢🌿Seasonality and morphological variation shape intraspecific seed dispersal networks in gopher tortoises

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Seasonality and morphological variation shape intraspecific seed dispersal networks in gopher tortoises Intraspecific variation within animal seed disperser populations can influence the structure and function of plant–animal networks, with important consequences for vegetation dynamics and consumer be...

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We used an individual-based bipartite network approach to examine how morphological traits and seasonality shape seed dispersal interactions of gopher tortoises Gopherus polyphemus on Florida’s pine rockland ecosystem.

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Thank you Stephen! Pardon my ignorance but what's an IRT? Thanks!

Thank you so much for your help, Stephen!

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I did not, but I will try that out! Thank you Lars.

Thanks for your reply, Alex! I left it as a continuous variable, but when I did treat it as a categorical factor, the effect diminishes. I'm quite perplexed to be honest.

The code for the model is attached.

I would like to have the same figure I just produced, but have them represent the temperature changes at each individual height (which it seems to be doing). I'm just confused by why the conditional_effects() function is changing the values of the heights.

Hey #rstats & #brms community! I'm modeling change in avg temp at three heights (1m, 3m, & 5m) on cypress trees using a GAM (one spline per height). I ran the code just fine, but when I extract the conditional_effects and plot it, the heights are modified in the output. Help?