Downscaling pollen–transport networks to the level of individuals

• Published in: The Journal of animal ecology Vol. 83; no. 1; pp. 306 - 317
• Main Authors: Tur, Cristina, Vigalondo, Beatriz, Trøjelsgaard, Kristian, Olesen, Jens M., Traveset, Anna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing 01.01.2014; Blackwell; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal behavior; Animal ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Community ecology; Ecology; ecology of individuals; Foraging behavior; foraging behaviour; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; generalization; Heterogeneity; individual specialization; individual‐based networks; Insect pollination; Insecta - physiology; Insects; linkage level; Models, Biological; Natural resources; niche overlap; Niches; Plant populations; Plant reproduction; Plants; Plants - classification; Pollen; Pollen - physiology; pollen load analysis; Pollinating insects; Pollination; Pollinators; Rare species; resource partition; Species; Species Specificity; species‐based networks; Synecology; Partition; Load; individual-based networks; individual specialization; niche overlap; species-based networks; Ecology; pollen load analysis; Overlap; Foraging behavior; Pollen analysis; Specialization; ecology of individuals; generalization; Ecological niche; foraging behaviour; resource partition; Pollen; linkage level; Transport

1. Most plant–pollinator network studies are conducted at species level, whereas little is known about network patterns at the individual level. In fact, nodes in traditional species-based interaction networks are aggregates of individuals establishing the actual links observed in nature. Thus, emer...