The structure of ecological networks across levels of organization

PR Guimaraes Jr - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Interactions connect the units of ecological systems, forming networks. Individual-based
networks characterize variation in niches among individuals within populations. These …

Structure and roles in pollination networks between phyllostomid bats and flowers: a systematic review for the Americas

K Gonzalez-Gutierrez, JH Castaño, J Perez-Torres… - Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
The Phyllostomidae family contains specialists and facultative nectarivorous bats that visit
hundreds of plants. Understanding the topology of bat–flower networks is fundamental to …

The structure and robustness of ecological networks with two interaction types

V Domínguez-García, S Kéfi - PLoS Computational Biology, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Until recently, most ecological network analyses investigating the effects of species' declines
and extinctions have focused on a single type of interaction (eg feeding). In nature, however …

Bats and hawkmoths form mixed modules with flowering plants in a nocturnal interaction network

JA Queiroz, UM Diniz, DP Vázquez, ZM Quirino… - Biotropica, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Based on the conceptual framework of pollination syndromes, pollination networks should
be composed of well‐delimited subgroups formed by plants that diverge in floral phenotypes …

A new model explaining the origin of different topologies in interaction networks

RBP Pinheiro, GMF Felix, CF Dormann, MAR Mello - Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Nestedness and modularity have been recurrently observed in species interaction networks.
Some studies argue that those topologies result from selection against unstable networks …

Hierarchical compound topology uncovers complex structure of species interaction networks

RBP Pinheiro, GMF Felix… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nestedness and modularity have been found in many species interaction networks. Despite
being conceptually distinct, negatively correlated and having different causes, these patterns …

Bat–flower interaction networks in Caatinga reveal generalized associations and temporal stability

E Cordero‐Schmidt, PK Maruyama… - Biotropica, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal variation in precipitation regimes influences species composition and plant–
animal interactions. Such temporal variation is especially relevant in the Brazilian Caatinga …

Species functional traits and abundance as drivers of multiplex ecological networks: first empirical quantification of inter-layer edge weights

S Hervías-Parejo, C Tur, R Heleno… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many vertebrate species act as both plant pollinators and seed-dispersers, thus
interconnecting these processes, particularly on islands. Ecological multilayer networks are …

The compound topology of host–parasite networks is explained by the integrative hypothesis of specialization

GM Felix, RBP Pinheiro, R Poulin, BR Krasnov… - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
What is the prevalent topology among interaction networks? How do consumers balance
between generalism and performance when exploiting different resources? These two long …

Geographic differences in body size distributions underlie food web connectance of tropical forest mammals

L Beaudrot, MA Acevedo, D Gorczynski, NC Harris - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding variation in food web structure over large spatial scales is an emerging
research agenda in food web ecology. The density of predator–prey links in a food web (ie …