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SUBMITTER: Hale KRS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7195475 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hale Kayla R S KRS Valdovinos Fernanda S FS Martinez Neo D ND
Nature communications 20200501 1
Ecosystems are composed of complex networks of many species interacting in different ways. While ecologists have long studied food webs of feeding interactions, recent studies increasingly focus on mutualistic networks including plants that exchange food for reproductive services provided by animals such as pollinators. Here, we synthesize both types of consumer-resource interactions to better understand the controversial effects of mutualism on ecosystems at the species, guild, and whole-commun ...[more]