2024
DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10652
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Does fortune follow function? Exploring how consumer preferences drive the functional trait composition of the global songbird trade

Ryan J. Almeida,
Alexandra N. Mazza,
Julie L. Lockwood

Abstract: Defaunation and extinction undermine the resilience and functioning of ecological communities and ecosystems. Relative to other disturbances, overexploitation for the global wildlife trade presents a unique case of trait‐based selection, as demand for specific individuals is often tied to unique morphological or aesthetic traits desired by consumers (‘market traits’). Because evolutionary history leads to species that share both market and functional traits, we posit that non‐random patterns of exploitation wi… Show more

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