Motifs in bipartite ecological networks: uncovering indirect interactions

• Published in: Oikos Vol. 128; no. 2; pp. 154 - 170
• Main Authors: Simmons, Benno I., Cirtwill, Alyssa R., Baker, Nick J., Wauchope, Hannah S., Dicks, Lynn V., Stouffer, Daniel B., Sutherland, William J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2019
• Subjects: bees; Competitors; Discards; Dynamics; Ecological monitoring; ecological networks; Empirical analysis; food webs; Frameworks; Graphical representations; Graphs; Herbivores; herbivory; hosts; indirect interactions; Interactions; motifs; mutualistic networks; Networks; Parasites; parasitism; Plant communities; pollination; Pollinators; seed dispersal; Species; ecological networks; seed dispersal; pollination; indirect interactions; motifs; food webs; parasitism; herbivory; mutualistic networks

Indirect interactions play an essential role in governing population, community and coevolutionary dynamics across a diverse range of ecological communities. Such communities are widely represented as bipartite networks: graphs depicting interactions between two groups of species, such as plants and...