Anusha Aggarwal

1 INTRODUCTION Plant–frugivore interactions connect a large portion of the biodiversity in tropical biomes, as over 90% of tropical fruiting plant species rely on animals for seed disposal (Bascompte & Jordano, 2007). Mediating these interactions are phenotypic traits, including fruit traits (e.g. colour, scent, size, nutrients) that can constrain or promote fruit use depending on the frugivores' ability to find, acquire and digest said fruits (reviewed in Green et al., 2022).

In today’s dating world, attention is saturated; desire has become easy to offer and even easier to withdraw. But what does it mean when desire is everywhere, but rarely stays anywhere? Approximately fifteen men hit on me every week. That’s not a brag. It’s a statistic I carry around like a receipt.

What happens to intimacy when the cost of being understood feels higher than the cost of being alone? And what does connection look like for survivors of sexual assault, when every disclosure feels like a risk? Ayla doesn’t notice the flinch until after it happens. Her partner reaches for her thigh during a quiet moment on their couch, and before she has a chance to process, her body pulls back – barely, a breath’s width – but enough for her to feel a flash of shame.