The influence of floral traits on specialization and modularity of plant–pollinator networks in a biodiversity hotspot in the Peruvian Andes

• Published in: Annals of botany Vol. 118; no. 3; pp. 415 - 429
• Main Authors: Watts, Stella, Dormann, Carsten F., González, Ana M. Martín, Ollerton, Jeff
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.09.2016
• Subjects: altitude; Andes region; Animals; Apis mellifera; Baccharis; Bees - physiology; Biodiversity; Biota; Birds - physiology; Bombus; Diptera; Flowers; hummingbirds; Original; ORIGINAL ARTICLES; Peru; Phenotype; Plants; Pollination - physiology; pollinators; topology; valleys; Andes region; Peru; Apis mellifera; Baccharis; Peruvian Andes; modularity; Asteraceae; specialization; Bombus funebris; biodiversity hotspot; topological roles; hummingbirds; plant–pollinator networks; floral traits
• ISSN: 0305-7364; 1095-8290; 1095-8290
• DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcw114

Modularity is a ubiquitous and important structural property of ecological networks which describes the relative strengths of sets of interacting species and gives insights into the dynamics of ecological communities. However, this has rarely been studied in species-rich, tropical plant-pollinator n...