Abundant pollinators are often more generalised than rare pollinators. This could be because abundant species have more chance encounters with potential interaction partners. On the other hand, generalised species could have a competitive advantage over specialists, leading to higher abundance. Determining the direction of the abundance-generalisation relationship is therefore a ‘chicken-and-egg’ dilemma. Here we determine the direction of the relationship between abundance and generalisation in plant-hummingbird pollination networks across the Americas. We find evidence that hummingbird pollinators are generalised because they are abundant, and little evidence that hummingbirds are abundant because they are generalised. Additionally, most ...
© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aim: Species interaction networks are known to vary in structure over l...
Biological constraints and neutral processes have been proposed to explain the properties of plant–p...
Morphological trait matching between species affects resource partitioning in mutualistic systems. Y...
Abundant pollinators are often more generalised than rare pollinators. This could be because abundan...
Abundant pollinators are often more generalised than rare pollinators. This could be because abundan...
A frequent observation in plant-animal mutualistic networks is that abundant species tend to be more...
Mutualistic interactions are powerful drivers of biodiversity on Earth that can be represented as co...
19 plant-hummingbird interaction networks. If used, please ensure taxonomy is up-to-date and cite Si...
Interactions between species are influenced by different ecological mechanisms, such as morphologica...
Specialization of species in interaction networks influences network stability and ecosystem functio...
No embargoInteractions between species are influenced by different ecological mechanisms, such as mo...
Aim Among the world's three major nectar-feeding bird taxa, hummingbirds are the most phenotypi...
If used, please ensure taxonomy is up-to-date and cite Simmons, B. I., Vizentin‐Bugoni, J. , Maruyam...
Ecological communities that experience stable climate conditions have been speculated to preserve mo...
We apply the causal discovery method based on formal logic to detect the causal direction in an empi...
© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aim: Species interaction networks are known to vary in structure over l...
Biological constraints and neutral processes have been proposed to explain the properties of plant–p...
Morphological trait matching between species affects resource partitioning in mutualistic systems. Y...
Abundant pollinators are often more generalised than rare pollinators. This could be because abundan...
Abundant pollinators are often more generalised than rare pollinators. This could be because abundan...
A frequent observation in plant-animal mutualistic networks is that abundant species tend to be more...
Mutualistic interactions are powerful drivers of biodiversity on Earth that can be represented as co...
19 plant-hummingbird interaction networks. If used, please ensure taxonomy is up-to-date and cite Si...
Interactions between species are influenced by different ecological mechanisms, such as morphologica...
Specialization of species in interaction networks influences network stability and ecosystem functio...
No embargoInteractions between species are influenced by different ecological mechanisms, such as mo...
Aim Among the world's three major nectar-feeding bird taxa, hummingbirds are the most phenotypi...
If used, please ensure taxonomy is up-to-date and cite Simmons, B. I., Vizentin‐Bugoni, J. , Maruyam...
Ecological communities that experience stable climate conditions have been speculated to preserve mo...
We apply the causal discovery method based on formal logic to detect the causal direction in an empi...
© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aim: Species interaction networks are known to vary in structure over l...
Biological constraints and neutral processes have been proposed to explain the properties of plant–p...
Morphological trait matching between species affects resource partitioning in mutualistic systems. Y...