Cascading impacts of seed disperser loss on plant communities and ecosystems

HS Rogers, I Donoso, A Traveset… - Annual Review of …, 2021‏ - annualreviews.org
Seed dispersal is key to the persistence and spread of plant populations. Because the
majority of plant species rely on animals to disperse their seeds, global change drivers that …

Network ecology in dynamic landscapes

MJ Fortin, MRT Dale… - Proceedings of the …, 2021‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Network ecology is an emerging field that allows researchers to conceptualize and analyse
ecological networks and their dynamics. Here, we focus on the dynamics of ecological …

A Review on the State of the Art in Frugivory and Seed Dispersal on Islands and the Implications of Global Change

M Nogales, KR McConkey, TA Carlo, DM Wotton… - The Botanical …, 2024‏ - Springer
We provide an overview of the current state of knowledge of island frugivory and seed
dispersal and identify knowledge gaps that are important for fundamental research on—and …

On the structure of species-function participation in multilayer ecological networks

S Hervías-Parejo, M Cuevas-Blanco, L Lacasa… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Understanding how biotic interactions shape ecosystems and impact their functioning,
resilience and biodiversity has been a sustained research priority in ecology. Yet, traditional …

Linking network ecology and ecosystem services to benefit people

A Stanworth, KSH Peh, RJ Morris - People and Nature, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystems are rapidly degraded by anthropogenic pressures, affecting the provision of
ecosystem services. Therefore, it is increasingly important that we can quantify and manage …

Fine‐tuning biodiversity assessments: A framework to pair eDNA metabarcoding and morphological approaches

CL Pereira, MTP Gilbert, MB Araújo… - Methods in Ecology …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Accurate quantification of biodiversity can be demanding and expensive. Although
environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding can facilitate biodiversity assessments through …

Invasive species modulate the structure and stability of a multilayer mutualistic network

A Vitali, S Ruiz-Suarez, DP Vázquez… - … of the Royal …, 2023‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Species interactions are critical for maintaining community structure and dynamics, but the
effects of invasive species on multitrophic networks remain poorly understood. We …

Using individual‐based trait frequency distributions to forecast plant‐pollinator network responses to environmental change

A Cantwell‐Jones, JM Tylianakis, K Larson… - Ecology …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Determining how and why organisms interact is fundamental to understanding ecosystem
responses to future environmental change. To assess the impact on plant‐pollinator …

The contribution of mutualistic interactions to functional and phylogenetic diversity

DM Dehling, E Barreto, CH Graham - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2022‏ - cell.com
Reduction of functional diversity (FD) and phylogenetic diversity (PD) likely affects
ecosystem functions and reduces the potential of communities to respond to changes, such …

Multilayer networks assisting to untangle direct and indirect pathogen transmission in bats

DMC Alcantara, P Ikeda, CS Souza, VVC de Mello… - Microbial Ecology, 2023‏ - Springer
The importance of species that connect the different types of interactions is becoming
increasingly recognized, and this role may be related to specific attributes of these species …