Beta diversity and specialization in plant–pollinator networks along an elevational gradient

• Published in: Journal of biogeography Vol. 46; no. 7; pp. 1598 - 1610
• Main Authors: Lara-Romero, Carlos, Seguí, Jaume, Pérez-Delgado, Antonio, Nogales, Manuel, Traveset, Anna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley 01.07.2019; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: altitude; Angiospermae; Biodiversity; Body size; Canary Islands; climate change; Ecological effects; Elevation; Environmental gradient; filters; Flowering; Flowering plants; flowers; functional diversity; heat tolerance; Modularity; Networks; Niche breadth; Niche overlap; Niches; Plant communities; Plant species; pollination networks; Pollinators; Population decline; Proboscis; RESEARCH PAPER; Specialization; species diversity; Species richness; Temperature tolerance; Thermal stress; topology; Volcanoes; Canary Islands

Aim To assess whether the reduced nutritional resources available for pollinators due to plant community simplification along an elevational plant‐diversity gradient changes pollinator niche breadth and richness. Additionally, we evaluated how body size and proboscis length of pollinators shifted al...