The influence of floral traits on specialization and modularity of plant–pollinator networks in a biodiversity hotspot in the Peruvian Andes | Zendy

Stella Watts | Zendy; Carsten F. Dormann | Zendy; Ana M. Martín González | Zendy; Jeff Ollerton | Zendy

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The influence of floral traits on specialization and modularity of plant–pollinator networks in a biodiversity hotspot in the Peruvian Andes

Author(s) -

Stella Watts,

Carsten F. Dormann,

Ana M. Martín González,

Jeff Ollerton

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcw114

Subject(s) - biology , pollinator , modularity (biology) , generalist and specialist species , ecology , biodiversity , biodiversity hotspot , pollination , habitat , evolutionary biology , pollen

Modularity is a ubiquitous and important structural property of ecological networks which describes the relative strengths of sets of interacting species and gives insights into the dynamics of ecological communities. However, this has rarely been studied in species-rich, tropical plant-pollinator networks. Working in a biodiversity hotspot in the Peruvian Andes we assessed the structure of quantitative plant-pollinator networks in nine valleys, quantifying modularity among networks, defining the topological roles of species and the influence of floral traits on specialization.

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