Strong Impact of Temporal Resolution on the Structure of an Ecological Network

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 12; p. e81694
• Main Authors: Rasmussen, Claus, Dupont, Yoko L., Mosbacher, Jesper B., Trøjelsgaard, Kristian, Olesen, Jens M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 04.12.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animals; Biodiversity; Biology; Ecological monitoring; Ecology; Ecosystem; Flowers; Flowers & plants; Food chains; Food webs; Greenland; Insecta - physiology; Monte Carlo simulation; Networks; Parasitoids; Plant reproduction; Polar environments; Pollination; Pollinators; Properties (attributes); Species Specificity; Studies; Temporal resolution; Time Factors; Timing; Topology

Most ecological networks are analysed as static structures, where all observed species and links are present simultaneously. However, this is over-simplified, because networks are temporally dynamical. We resolved an arctic, entire-season plant-flower visitor network into a temporal series of 1-day...