Morphological matching and phenological overlap promote niche partitioning and shape a mutualistic plant–hawkmoth network

• Published in: Ecological entomology Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 292 - 300
• Main Authors: Lautenschleger, Andreza, Vizentin‐Bugoni, Jeferson, Cavalheiro, Lis B., Iserhard, Cristiano A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Abundance; Brazil; Continuum modeling; entomology; flight; flowering; Interspecific relationships; Matching; Modular structures; Modularity; Modules; Morphology; nestedness; Networks; neutrality; Niche overlap; Niches; Partitioning; phenology; plant–pollinator interactions; Pollination; Species; Sphingidae; sphingophilous flowers; Brazil

1. Species interact with one another in communities forming complex interaction networks which are shaped by multiple non‐exclusive processes. Although plant–hawkmoth interactions have been studied for over a century, how processes underlying species' specialisation influence community‐level pa...