Bird Species' Network Centrality Varies Differentially across Species within Their Climatic Niches

• Published in: The American naturalist Vol. 206; no. 2; p. 101
• Main Authors: Moulatlet, Gabriel M, Dáttilo, Wesley, Kissling, W Daniel, Villalobos, Fabricio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2025
• Subjects: Animals; Biodiversity; Birds - physiology; Climate; Ecosystem; Models, Biological; Plants; Seed Dispersal; Species Specificity; center-periphery hypothesis; resources availability; functional role; intraguild competition; frugivory; mutualist networks

AbstractUnderstanding how the functional role of species within seed dispersal networks varies across geographical and climatic gradients can reveal the drivers of network organization. Because bird-plant interactions differ depending on where these occur, species' centrality (a measurement of...