A Probabilistic View of Forbidden Links: Their Prevalence and Their Consequences for the Robustness of Plant–Hummingbird Communities

• Published in: Ecology letters Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. e70073 - n/a
• Main Authors: Duchenne, François, Barreto, Elisa, Guevara, Esteban A., Beck, Holger, Bello, Carolina, Bobato, Rafaela, Bôlla, Daniela, Brenes, Emanuel, Büttner, Nicole, Caron, Ana P., Chaves‐Elizondo, Nelson, Gavilanes, María J., Restrepo‐González, Alejandro, Castro, Jose Alejandro, Kaehler, Miriam, Machado‐de‐Souza, Tiago, Machnicki‐Reis, Miguel, Marcayata, Andrés Sebastián F., Menezes, Cauã G., Nieto, Andrea, Oliveira, Rafael, Oliveira, Ricardo A. C., Richter, Friederike, Rojas, Bryan G., Romanowski, Luciele L., Souza, Wellinton L., Veluza, Danila S., Weinstein, Ben, Wüest, Rafael O., Zanata, Thais B., Zuniga, Krystal, Maglianesi, María A., Santander, Tatiana, Varassin, Isabela G., Graham, Catherine H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2025
• Subjects: Animals; Bayes Theorem; Bayesian analysis; Bayesian theory; Birds - physiology; data collection; ecology; Ecosystem; Exploitation; exploitation barrier; extinction; Flowers - physiology; forbidden link; linkage rule; Links; Models, Biological; mutualism; Plants; Rare species; Robustness; sparsity; species; Species extinction; stability; trait matching; trait matching; forbidden link; linkage rule; sparsity; exploitation barrier; stability; mutualism

ABSTRACT The presence in ecological communities of unfeasible species interactions, termed forbidden links, due to physiological or morphological exploitation barriers has been long debated, but little direct evidence has been found. Forbidden links are likely to make ecological communities less rob...