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Specialization and Rarity Predict Nonrandom Loss of Interactions from Mutualist Networks
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012-03-23)
The loss of interactions from mutualistic networks could foreshadow both plant and animal species extinctions. Yet, the characteristics of interactions that predispose them to disruption are largely unknown. We analyzed ...
Direct and interactive effects of enemies and mutualists on plant performance: A meta-analysis
(Ecological Society of America, 2007-04)
Plants engage in multiple, simultaneous interactions with other species; some (enemies) reduce and others (mutualists) enhance plant performance. Moreover, effects of different species may not be independent of one another; ...
Abundance and generalisation in mutualistic networks: Solving the chicken-and-egg dilemma
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2016-01)
A frequent observation in plant-animal mutualistic networks is that abundant species tend to be more generalised, interacting with a broader range of interaction partners than rare species. Uncovering the causal relationship ...
Study of the influence of the phylogenetic distance on the interaction network of mutualistic ecosystems
(Elsevier Science, 2014-01)
We investigate how the phylogenetic relationship between the species of each interacting guild in a mutualistic ecosystem influences its network of contacts. We develop a dynamical self organized model that reallocates ...
Invasive belowground mutualists of woody plants
(Springer, 2014-01)
Most plants require mutualistic associa- tions to survive, which can be an important limitation on their ability to become invasive. There are four strategies that permit plants to become invasive without being limited ...
No such thing as a free lunch: interaction costs and the structure and stability of mutualistic networks
(WILEY, 2020)
Different modelling approaches have been used to relate the structure of mutualistic interactions with the stability of communities. However, inconsistencies arise when we compare modelling outcomes with the patterns of ...
Nature of the interactions between hypocrealean fungi and the mutualistic fungus of leaf-cutter ants
(2017-04-01)
Leaf-cutter ants cultivate and feed on the mutualistic fungus, Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, which is threatened by parasitic fungi of the genus Escovopsis. The mechanism of Escovopsis parasitism is poorly understood. Here, ...
You get what you pay for: reward-specific trade-offs among direct and ant-mediated defences in plants
(Royal SocLondonInglaterra, 2012)
Mutualistic interactions among free-living species in rupestrian grasslands
(2016-01-01)
Mutualisms such as animal pollination and seed dispersal, and protection of plants and insects by ants are ubiquitous in terrestrial ecosystems. Currently, mutualistic interactions among plants and animals are recognized ...
A conceptual framework for studying the strength of plant-animal mutualistic interactions
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2015)
© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd/CNRS.The strength of species interactions influences strongly the structure and dynamics of ecological systems. Thus, quantifying such strength is crucial to understand how species interactions ...