Modularity, pollination systems, and interaction turnover in plant‐pollinator networks across space

• Published in: Ecology (Durham) Vol. 97; no. 5; pp. 1298 - 1306
• Main Authors: Carstensen, Daniel W, Sabatino, Malena, Morellato, Leonor Patricia C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Brooklyn Botanical Garden 01.05.2016
• Subjects: Animals; Birds - physiology; Brazil; Demography; Ecosystem; Insecta - physiology; Plants - classification; Pollination - physiology; Brazil

Mutualistic interaction networks have been shown to be structurally conserved over space and time while pairwise interactions show high variability. In such networks, modularity is the division of species into compartments, or modules, where species within modules share more interactions with each o...