Functional diversity mediates macroecological variation in plant–hummingbird interaction networks

• Published in: Global ecology and biogeography Vol. 27; no. 9/10; pp. 1186 - 1199
• Main Authors: Maruyama, Pietro Kiyoshi, Sonne, Jesper, Vizentin-Bugoni, Jeferson, González, Ana M. Martín, Zanata, Thais B., Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Alarcón, Ruben, Araujo, Andréa C., Araújo, Francielle P., Baquero, Andrea C., Chávez-González, Edgar, Coelho, Aline G., Cotton, Peter A., Dehling, D. Matthias, Fischer, Erich, Kohler, Glauco, Lara, Carlos, Las-Casas, Flor Maria G., Machado, Adriana O., Machado, Caio G., Maglianesi, María A., Malucelli, Tiago S., Marín-Gómez, Oscar Humberto, Oliveira, Paulo E., Ornelas, Juan Francisco, Ortiz-Pulido, Raul, Ramírez-Burbano, Mónica B., Rocca, Márcia A., Rodrigues, Licléia C., Rosero-Lasprilla, Liliana, Rui, Ana M., Sandel, Brody, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Tinoco, Boris A., Varassin, Isabela G., Watts, Stella, Rahbek, Carsten, Sazima, Marlies, Schleuning, Matthias, Dalsgaard, Bo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.10.2018; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Apolysis trochilides; Biodiversity; climate; Communities; data collection; ecological differentiation; Ecological effects; ecological function; Ecosystems; Environmental changes; Environmental factors; functional dispersion; functional diversity; hummingbirds; insularity; Interactions; Modularity; Nectar; nectar plants; network structure; Networks; Niche overlap; niche partitioning; North America; Partitioning; Plant diversity; plant–pollinator interactions; pollination networks; Pollinators; Rainfall; South America; Specialization; Species diversity; Species richness; structural equation modeling; topography; trait diversity; South America; North America

Aim: Species interaction networks are known to vary in structure over large spatial scales. We investigated the hypothesis that environmental factors affect interaction network structure by influencing the functional diversity of ecological communities. Notably, we expect more functionally diverse c...