Linking species functional roles to their network roles

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dc.contributor.authorCoux, C.
dc.contributor.authorRader, R.
dc.contributor.authorBartomeus, I.
dc.contributor.authorTylianakis, J.M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-16T02:03:17Z
dc.date.available2019-10-16T02:03:17Z
dc.date.issued2016en
dc.description.abstractSpecies roles in ecological networks combine to generate their architecture, which contributes to their stability. Species trait diversity also affects ecosystem functioning and resilience, yet it remains unknown whether species’ contributions to functional diversity relate to their network roles. Here we use 21 empirical pollen transport networks to characterise this relationship. We found that, apart from a few abundant species, pollinators with original traits either had few interaction partners or interacted most frequently with a subset of these partners. This suggests that narrowing of interactions to a subset of the plant community accompanies pollinator niche specialisation, congruent with our hypothesised trade-off between having unique traits vs. being able to interact with many mutualist partners. Conversely, these effects were not detected in plants, potentially because key aspects of their flowering traits are conserved at a family level. Relating functional and network roles can provide further insight into mechanisms underlying ecosystem functioning.en
dc.identifier.citationCoux, C., Rader, R., Bartomeus, I., Tylianakis, J.M. (2016) Linking species functional roles to their network roles. Ecology Letters, 19, pp. 762-770.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12612
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17442
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Biological Sciencesen
dc.rights.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::06 - Biological Sciences::0607 - Plant Biology::060705 - Plant Physiologyen
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::06 - Biological Sciences::0607 - Plant Biology::060703 - Plant Developmental and Reproductive Biologyen
dc.titleLinking species functional roles to their network rolesen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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