Plant and animal functional diversity drive mutualistic network assembly across an elevational gradient

J Albrecht, A Classen, MGR Vollstädt, A Mayr… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Species' functional traits set the blueprint for pair-wise interactions in ecological networks.
Yet, it is unknown to what extent the functional diversity of plant and animal communities …

Interacting effects of landscape and management on plant–solitary bee networks in olive orchards

C Martínez‐Núñez, AJ Manzaneda… - Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how multi‐scale environmental heterogeneity shapes the structure and
functions of animal and plant communities is pivotal in agroecology. Our capacity to ensure …

Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions

LP Martins, DB Stouffer, PG Blendinger… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Species interactions can propagate disturbances across space via direct and indirect effects,
potentially connecting species at a global scale. However, ecological and biogeographic …

A quantitative framework for identifying the role of individual species in Nature's Contributions to People

G Bianco, P Manning, M Schleuning - Ecology letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It is widely acknowledged that biodiversity change is affecting human well‐being by altering
the supply of Nature's Contributions to People (NCP). Nevertheless, the role of individual …

Frugivore biodiversity and complementarity in interaction networks enhance landscape‐scale seed dispersal function

D García, I Donoso, J Rodríguez‐Pérez - Functional Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Animal biodiversity matters for the provision of ecosystem functions derived from trophic
activity. However, the mechanisms underlying this pattern remain elusive since animal …

Direct and plant‐mediated effects of climate on bird diversity in tropical mountains

MGR Vollstädt, J Albrecht… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Although patterns of biodiversity across the globe are well studied, there is still a
controversial debate about the underlying mechanisms and their generality across …

Functional roles of frugivores and plants shape hyper‐diverse mutualistic interactions under two antagonistic conservation scenarios

L Fuzessy, G Sobral, D Carreira, DC Rother… - Biotropica, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Disentangling the structure of plant–animal mutualisms shed light on how species are
organized, and allow us to infer about resilience, specificity, and ultimately the …

Structure and characteristics of the plant-frugivore bird network from the Guilin Botanical Garden

G Wang, Y Huang, W Yao, Q Huang, Y Huang, L Wei… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
The interaction between plants and frugivores is crucial to ecosystem function and
community diversity. However, little is known about the interaction between plants and …

Variation in bird taxonomic distinctness, but not body mass or niche overlap, explains the robustness of Neotropical seed dispersal networks

MA Manhães, WO de Lima, FB Palácio - Animal Biology, 2022 - brill.com
Frugivory and seed dispersal are fundamental ecological processes for the maintenance
and conservation of tropical forest areas and ecosystem resilience. Here we investigated …