Ecological network complexity scales with area

N Galiana, M Lurgi, VAG Bastazini, J Bosch… - Nature ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Larger geographical areas contain more species—an observation raised to a law in
ecology. Less explored is whether biodiversity changes are accompanied by a modification …

Impacts of beekeeping on wild bee diversity and pollination networks in the Aegean Archipelago

A Lázaro, A Müller, AW Ebmer, HH Dathe… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Maintaining the diversity of wild bees is a priority for preserving ecosystem function and
promoting stability and productivity of agroecosystems. However, wild bee communities face …

Temporal and spatial heterogeneity of semi‐natural habitat, but not crop diversity, is correlated with landscape pollinator richness

C Martínez‐Núñez, D Kleijn, C Ganuza… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Enhancing the diversity of mass‐flowering crops (ie crop diversity) in agricultural landscapes
is often proposed as a measure to favour pollinators and pollination, but it is uncertain …

Extinction of biotic interactions due to habitat loss could accelerate the current biodiversity crisis

ME Sandor, CS Elphick, MW Tingley - Ecological Applications, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss disrupts species interactions through local extinctions, potentially orphaning
species that depend on interacting partners, via mutualisms or commensalisms, and …

Power laws in species' biotic interaction networks can be inferred from co-occurrence data

N Galiana, JF Arnoldi, F Mestre, A Rozenfeld… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Inferring biotic interactions from species co-occurrence patterns has long intrigued
ecologists. Yet recent research revealed that co-occurrences may not reliably represent …

Patterns of pollination interactions at the community level are related to the type and quantity of floral resources

E Fantinato, J Sonkoly, P Török, G Buffa - Functional Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A fundamental question in community ecology is how the quantity of floral resources affects
pollinator activity and how this relates to the structure and robustness of pollination …

Intra‐seasonal and daily variations in nectar availability affect bee assemblage in a monodominant afforested Brazilian Cerrado

CS Ballarin, L Hachuy‐Filho, MJW Doria… - Austral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nectar is the most common floral resource that mediates plant–pollinator interactions, and its
spatiotemporal distribution is related to pollinator attraction and can influence pollinator …

Thermal biology diversity of bee pollinators: Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and plant community‐level correlates

CM Herrera - Ecological Monographs, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Community‐wide assembly of plant–pollinator systems depends on an intricate combination
of biotic and abiotic factors, including heterogeneity among pollinators in thermal biology …

Wild vegetation and 'farming with alternative pollinators' approach support pollinator diversity in farmland

A Sentil, S Reverté, P Lhomme… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Several management practices have been suggested to mitigate the global pollinator
decline in agro‐ecosystems, including wildflower strips and Farming with Alternative …

Pollinator distribution in patches of suitable habitat depends more on patch isolation than on floral abundance

S Favarin, E Fantinato, G Buffa - Flora, 2022 - Elsevier
Intrinsic complexity of real-world systems makes particularly difficult to decipher which
factors influence the dispersal of pollinators in the landscape matrix and their distribution …