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The effect of elevation, latitude, and plant richness on robustness of pollination networks at a global scale
Plant-pollinator interactions play a vital role in the maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem function. Geographical variation in environmental...
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Food-web complexity, consumer behavior, and diet specialism: impacts on ecosystem stability
Ecological stability is a fundamental aspect of food web dynamics. In this study, we explore the factors influencing stability in complex ecological...
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Plant–herbivore–natural enemy trophic webs in date palm agro-ecosystems
Understanding the composition and dynamics of ecological communities is challenging because of the large number of organisms present and their...
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Invasive Asteraceae plants can enhance community stability by changing pollination network structure, yet cause intense pollen disturbance to native plants in an oceanic island community
Invasive plant species severely threaten natural plant communities around the world, especially for islands. As introduction rates rise, novel...
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Species richness and network topology patterns in Neotropical plant-galling communities changes along an urbanization gradient
AbstractThe conversion and fragmentation of natural environments in urban areas can have major consequences on species diversity and ecological...
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Parasites alter food-web topology of a subarctic lake food web and its pelagic and benthic compartments
We compared three sets of highly resolved food webs with and without parasites for a subarctic lake system corresponding to its pelagic and benthic...
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Feasibility in MacArthur’s consumer-resource model
Finding the conditions that ensure the survival of species has occupied ecologists for decades. Theoretically, for mechanistic models such as...
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Plant-pollinator interactions in the neotropics are affected by urbanization and the invasive bee Apis mellifera
Urbanization is one of the most intense forms of landscape change, and it is likely to increase in the coming years. Although there is a consensus...
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Warming indirectly simplifies food webs through effects on apex predators
Warming alters ecosystems through direct physiological effects on organisms and indirect effects via biotic interactions, but their relative impacts...
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Vertical stratification and defensive traits of caterpillars against parasitoids in a lowland tropical forest in Cameroon
Insect herbivores and their parasitoids play a crucial role in terrestrial trophic interactions in tropical forests. These interactions occur across...
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Fish larvae-environment networks: co-occurrence patterns, nestedness and robustness of reproductive guilds
We assessed the importance of different types of riverine environments (river channels, tributaries, and floodplain lagoons) for the early...
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Complexity–stability trade-off in empirical microbial ecosystems
May’s stability theory, which holds that large ecosystems can be stable up to a critical level of complexity, a product of the number of resident...
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal root colonization depends on the spatial distribution of the host plants
Despite their ubiquity in terrestrial ecosystems, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) experience dispersion constraints and thus depend on the spatial...
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Plant invasion drives liana and tree community assemblages and liana-tree network structure in two moist semi-deciduous forests in Ghana
Invasive plants are one of the greatest threats leading to biodiversity loss and species extinction worldwide. Understanding the responses of liana...
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Plant–bee interactions and resource utilisation in an urban landscape
Biodiversity is declining through human activities and urbanisation is often seen as a particular concern. Urban settings, however, provide diverse...
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Reconstruction and variability of tropical pollination networks in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Loss of biodiversity comprehends not only the extinction of individual species, but also the loss of the ecological interactions among them. Survival...
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Fishers' Knowledge Reveals Ecological Interactions Between Fish and Plants in High Diverse Tropical Rivers
Frugivory and seed dispersal by fish is an important mutualistic interaction in complex and species-rich tropical rivers. The local ecological...
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Plant-herbivore networks composed by adult and immature insects have distinct responses to habitat modification in Brazilian savannas
AbstractHuman-induced habitat modification can affect species interactions and ecological networks composed of specialized species may be more...
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Black Manakin (Xenopipo atronitens) as a keystone species for seed dispersal in a white-sand vegetation enclave in Southwest Amazonia
Mutualistic interactions between plants and birds entail benefits for both organisms. While the birds obtain a nutritional resource when feeding on...
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Quantitative trophic networks of insect gallers and their parasitoids in the hybrid oak complex Quercus magnoliifolia x Quercus resinosa
Oak hybridization have important effects on the structure of herbivorous insect communities and associated natural enemies. We tested the effects of...
