Beta Diversity of Plant-Pollinator Networks and the Spatial Turnover of Pairwise Interactions

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 11; p. e112903
• Main Authors: Carstensen, Daniel W., Sabatino, Malena, Trøjelsgaard, Kristian, Morellato, Leonor Patricia C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 10.11.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biology and Life Sciences; Conservation; Ecology; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Ecosystems; Flowers & plants; Geography; Models, Biological; Phenology; Plant diversity; Plant reproduction; Plants - classification; Pollination; Pollinators; Seeds; Species; Species diversity; Species Specificity; Denmark; Brazil; Aarhus Denmark

Interactions between species form complex networks that vary across space and time. Even without spatial or temporal constraints mutualistic pairwise interactions may vary, or rewire, across space but this variability is not well understood. Here, we quantify the beta diversity of species and intera...