Data from: Trait matching and phenological overlap increase the spatio-temporal stability and functionality of plant-pollinator interactions
DOI10.5281/zenodo.4089005Zenodo4089005MaRDI QIDQ6682087FDOQ6682087
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Natacha P. Chacoff, Diego Pedro Vázquez, Silvia B. Lomáscolo
Publication date: 14 October 2020
Morphology and phenology influence plant-pollinator network structure, but whether they generate more stable pairwise interactions with higher pollination success is unknown. Here we evaluate the importance of morphological trait matching, phenological overlap and specialisation for the spatio-temporal stability (measured as variability) of plant-pollinator interactions and for pollination success, while controlling for species abundance. To this end, we combined a six-year plant-pollinator interaction dataset, with information on species traits, phenologies, specialisation, abundance and pollination success, into structural equation models. Interactions among abundant plants and pollinators with well-matched traits and phenologies formed the stable and functional backbone of the pollination network, whereas poorly-matched interactions were variable in time and had lower pollination success. We conclude that phenological overlap could be more useful for predicting changes in species interactions than species abundances, and that non-random extinction of species with well-matched traits could decrease the stability of interactions within communities and reduce their functioning.
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