Flexible diets enable pollinators to cope with changes in plant community composition

• Published in: The Journal of ecology Vol. 110; no. 8; pp. 1913 - 1927
• Main Authors: Morán‐López, Teresa, Benadi, Gita, Lara‐Romero, Carlos, Chacoff, Natacha, Vitali, Agustin, Pescador, David, Lomáscolo, Silvia B., Morente‐López, Javier, Vázquez, Diego P., Morales, Juan M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2022
• Subjects: agent‐based model; Aridity; botanical composition; Community composition; Decoupling; Diet; Evaluation; Flexibility; floral traits; Flowering; Flowers; Flowers & plants; interaction turnover; new species; partner switch; phenological decoupling; phenology; Plant communities; Plant reproduction; Plant species introduction; Plants; plant–pollinator interactions; Pollination; Pollinators; Species; theoretical models; trait‐matching

Switching plant species visited by pollinators (partner flexibility) has been proposed as a behavioural mechanism able to attenuate the negative impacts of shifts in plant communities on pollination. However, it is unclear whether the magnitude of such response is generalizable or depends on the env...