Niche perspectives on plant–pollinator interactions

RD Phillips, R Peakall, T van der Niet… - Trends in Plant Science, 2020 - cell.com
Ecological niches are crucial for species coexistence and diversification, but the niche
concept has been underutilized in studying the roles of pollinators in plant evolution and …

Merging theory and experiments to predict and understand coextinctions

DN Morton, A Keyes, AK Barner, LE Dee - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2022 - cell.com
In an era of mass extinction, predicting the consequences of species loss has become a
priority for ecologists. Extinction of one species can trigger the loss of dependent species …

Agricultural intensification drives changes in hybrid network robustness by modifying network structure

BML Morrison, BJ Brosi, R Dirzo - Ecology Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Within ecological communities, species engage in myriad interaction types, yet empirical
examples of hybrid species interaction networks composed of multiple types of interactions …

Experimental loss of generalist plants reveals alterations in plant-pollinator interactions and a constrained flexibility of foraging

P Biella, A Akter, J Ollerton, S Tarrant, Š Janeček… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Species extinctions undermine ecosystem functioning, with the loss of a small subset of
functionally important species having a disproportionate impact. However, little is known …

An empirical attack tolerance test alters the structure and species richness of plant–pollinator networks

P Biella, A Akter, J Ollerton, A Nielsen… - Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological network theory hypothesizes that the structuring of species interactions can
convey stability to the system. Investigating how these structures react to species loss is …

Invasions toolkit: Current methods for tracking the spread and impact of invasive species

S Kamenova, TJ Bartley, DA Bohan, JR Boutain… - Advances in ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biological invasions exert multiple pervasive effects on ecosystems, potentially disrupting
species interactions and global ecological processes. Our ability to successfully predict and …

Plant survival and keystone pollinator species in stochastic coextinction models: role of intrinsic dependence on animal-pollination

A Traveset, C Tur, VM Eguíluz - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Coextinction models are useful to understand community robustness to species loss and
resilience to disturbances. We simulated pollinator extinctions in pollination networks by …

Removing flowers of a generalist plant changes pollinator visitation, composition, and interaction network structure

JA Bain, RG Dickson, AM Gruver, PJ CaraDonna - Ecosphere, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pollination is essential for ecosystem functioning, yet our understanding of the empirical
consequences of species loss for plant–pollinator interactions remains limited. It is …

Improving the pollinator pantry: Restoration and management of open farmland ponds enhances the complexity of plant-pollinator networks

RE Walton, CD Sayer, H Bennion… - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2021 - Elsevier
In line with general biodiversity losses across agricultural landscapes, insect pollinators
have experienced recent sharp declines. A range of conservation measures have been …

Patterns of pollination interactions at the community level are related to the type and quantity of floral resources

E Fantinato, J Sonkoly, P Török, G Buffa - Functional Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A fundamental question in community ecology is how the quantity of floral resources affects
pollinator activity and how this relates to the structure and robustness of pollination …