Geographical Patterns in the Architecture of Neotropical Flower-visitor Networks of Hummingbirds and Insects.

ABSTRACT: Geographical variations in environmental factors can affect species diversity and consequently influence the structure of interspecific ecological interactions. Relationships between flowering plants and animal flower visitors are among the most important ecological interactions and can structure and maintain ecological diversity in different environments. Additionally, many animal and plant species participate in these interactions, which shape the specific characteristics of these communities, in terms of both the responses of the interacting species involved and environmental differences. Therefore, in the present study we investigated geographical and environmental effects on the architecture of Neotropical flower-visitor networks of vertebrates and invertebrates. To this end, we used

SUBMITTER: Moreira LT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7753242 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature