Evolutionary dynamics in ecological networks

• Grant number: 18/14809-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants - Phase 2
• Start date: August 01, 2019
• End date: September 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Theoretical Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Roberto Guimarães Junior
• Grantee: Paulo Roberto Guimarães Junior
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato
• Associated research grant: 09/54422-8 - Structure and coevolutionary dynamics in mutualistic networks, AP.JP
• Associated research grant(s): 24/02198-7 - The role of sexual interaction networks in the evolution of sexually selected quality indicators, AP.R
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/22811-5 - Database management: updating and maintaining data from ecological interaction networks, BP.TT; 23/03510-1 - Compilation and organization of a database of interaction networks between ants and plants, BP.TT; 22/14728-5 - Updating, maintaining, and building a database on ecological networks, BP.TT; + associated scholarships 21/13127-5 - Coevolutionary mechanisms among antagonists: parasitoids and hosts as a study model, BP.PD; 21/08417-4 - Revision and organization of computer code and routines, BP.TT; 20/09286-8 - How can interactions between frugivorous birds and plants shape the color of bird plumage?, BP.DR; 19/22146-3 - How does differences in generation times affects coevolution in ecological networks?, BP.DR; 19/21732-6 - The role of genetic constraints on the coevolutionary process, BP.PD; 19/17475-8 - Creating, maintaining, and updating dataset on ecological networks, BP.TT; 19/16160-3 - Network structure and centrality of cleaning interactions among South America birds and mammals, BP.IC; 16/14277-2 - Genetic correlation's influence on coevolutionary processes, BP.PD - associated scholarships

Abstract

Ecological interactions are central to biodiversity organization, forming ecological networks of interacting species. From an evolutionary point of view, ecological interactions modulate the natural selection due to interacting species. One of the main challenges in evolutionary ecology is to understand how ecological networks affect the outcomes of evolutionary process. An important step in this direction is developing a theoretical framework to allow one to map evolutionary outcomes to the multiple aspects of the ecology and evolution of species-rich, ecological interactions. In this sense, this project aims to explore three relevant aspects of ecological networks to the evolutionary dynamics. First, using mutualisms as reference system, we will explore how the structure of ecological networks may influence and be influenced by different aspects of evolutionary dynamics. Second, because ecological networks are not isolated across space but connected to each other by the flow of genes and individuals between sites, we will explore the role of gene flow in determining the spatial scale in which patterns of adaptation emerge in ecological interactions. Third, the evolutionary outcomes of ecological interactions partially vary with the effect of the interaction on the fitness of interacting individuals. Consequently, we will explore how the evolutionary dynamics of species-rich, ecological interactions vary between mutualisms and antagonisms. We expect that this proposal, if funded, will contribute to the development and consolidation of a theoretical map for the evolutionary dynamics of ecological networks. (AU)

Scientific publications

(19)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BURIN, GUSTAVO; GUIMARAES JR, PAULO R.; QUENTAL, TIAGO B.. Macroevolutionary stability predicts interaction patterns of species in seed dispersal networks. Science, v. 372, n. 6543, p. 733+, MAY 14 2021. (18/04821-2, 12/04072-3, 14/03621-9, 18/14809-0, 18/05462-6)

PIRES, MATHIAS M.; O'DONNELL, JAMES L.; BURKLE, LAURA A.; DIAZ-CASTELAZO, CECILIA; HEMBRY, DAVID H.; YEAKEL, JUSTIN D.; NEWMAN, ERICA A.; MEDEIROS, LUCAS P.; DEAGUIAR, MARCUS A. M.; GUIMARAES JR, PAULO R.. The indirect paths to cascading effects of extinctions in mutualistic networks. ECOLOGY, v. 101, n. 7, MAY 2020. (18/14809-0)

MITTELMAN, PEDRO; LANDIM, ANNA REBELLO; GENES, LUISA; ASSIS, ANA PAULA A.; STARLING-MANNE, CAROLINA; LEONARDO, PAULA V.; FERNANDEZ, FERNANDO A. S.; GUIMARAES, JR., PAULO R.; PIRES, ALEXANDRA S.. Trophic rewilding benefits a tropical community through direct and indirect network effects. ECOGRAPHY, NOV 2021. (16/14277-2, 18/14809-0)

FRIEDEMANN, PAMELA; CORREA CORTES, MARINA; RODRIGO DE CASTRO, EVERALDO; GALETTI, MAURO; JORDANO, PEDRO; GUIMARAES JR, PAULO R.. he individual-based network structure of palm-seed dispersers is explained by a rainforest gradien. OIKOS, v. 2022, n. 2, DEC 2021. (14/01986-0, 18/19011-6, 18/14809-0)

CAMACHO, LUCAS A.; DE ANDREAZZI, CECILIA SILIANSKY; MEDEIROS, LUCAS P.; BIRSKIS-BARROS, IRINA; EMER, CARINE; REIGADA, CAROLINA; GUIMARAES JR, PAULO R. R.. Cheating interactions favor modularity in mutualistic networks. OIKOS, v. 2023, n. 3, p. 12-pg., 2022-11-30. (18/14809-0)

BASTAZINI, VINICIUS AUGUSTO GALVAO; DEBASTIANI, VANDERLEI; CAPPELATTI, LAURA; GUIMARAES, PAULO, JR.; PILLAR, VALERIO D.. The role of evolutionary modes for trait-based cascades in mutualistic networks. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING, v. 470, p. 9-pg., 2022-05-11. (18/14809-0)

MAIA, KATE PEREIRA; GUIMARAES JR, PAULO ROBERTO. The Hierarchical Coevolutionary Units of Ecological Networks. ECOLOGY LETTERS, v. 27, n. 9, p. 11-pg., 2024-09-01. (18/14809-0, 19/21732-6)

KROETZ NETO, FELIPE LINO; COSMO, LEANDRO GIACOBELLI; GUIMARAES JR, PAULO ROBERTO; OLIVEIRA, EDER BARBOSA; NICHOLSON, DINAH; PEREIRA, RICARDO JOSE GARCIA. Effects of in ovo vaccination time on broiler performance parameters under field conditions. POULTRY SCIENCE, v. 103, n. 5, p. 8-pg., 2024-03-27. (18/14809-0)

MARQUEZ-VELASQUEZ, VIVIANA; NAVIA, ANDRES F.; ROSA, RICARDO S.; GUIMARAES JR, PAULO R.; RAIMUNDO, RAFAEL L. G.. Resource partitioning between fisheries and endangered sharks in a tropical marine food web. ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE, v. 78, n. 7, p. 2518-2527, OCT 2021. (18/14809-0)

YEAKEL, JUSTIN D.; PIRES, MATHIAS M.; DE AGUIAR, MARCUS A. M.; O'DONNELL, JAMES L.; GUIMARAES, JR., PAULO R.; GRAVEL, DOMINIQUE; GROSS, THILO. Diverse interactions and ecosystem engineering can stabilize community assembly. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, v. 11, n. 1, JUL 3 2020. (19/20271-5, 16/01343-7, 18/14809-0)

BIRSKIS-BARROS, IRINA; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; GUIMARAES, JR., PAULO R.. Habitat generalist species constrain the diversity of mimicry rings in heterogeneous habitats. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 11, n. 1, MAR 3 2021. (11/50225-3, 18/14809-0)

BLANK, MARCEL HENRIQUE; GUIMARAES JR, PAULO ROBERTO; DO NASCIMENTO, LUCAS FERREIRA; PEREIRA, RICARDO JOSE GARCIA. Ecological drivers of breeding periodicity in four forest neotropical eagles. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 13, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2023-03-16. (20/11479-9, 20/09286-8, 16/17158-4, 18/14809-0)

WINDSOR, FREDRIC M.; ARMENTERAS, DOLORS; ASSIS, ANA PAULA A.; ASTEGIANO, JULIA; SANTANA, PAMELA C.; CAGNOLO, LUCIANO; CARVALHEIRO, LUISA G.; EMARY, CLIVE; FORT, HUGO; GONZALEZ, XAVIER, I; et al. Essays Perspectives Network science: Applications for sustainable agroecosystems and food security. PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, v. 20, n. 2, p. 12-pg., 2022-04-01. (19/21732-6, 18/14809-0)

ASSIS, ANA PAULA A.; THOMPSON, JOHN N.; SANTANA, PAMELA CRISTINA; JORDANO, PEDRO; BASCOMPTE, JORDI; GUIMARAES, JR., PAULO R.. Genetic correlations and ecological networks shape coevolving mutualisms. ECOLOGY LETTERS, v. 23, n. 12, p. 1789-1799, DEC 2020. (18/14809-0)

COGNI, RODRIGO; QUENTAL, TIAGO B.; GUIMARAES JR, PAULO R.. Ehrlich and Raven escape and radiate coevolution hypothesis at different levels of organization: Past and future perspectives. Evolution, v. 76, n. 6, p. 16-pg., 2022-03-23. (21/06780-4, 18/14809-0, 13/25991-0)

COSMO, LEANDRO G.; ASSIS, ANA PAULA A.; DE AGUIAR, MARCUS A. M.; PIRES, MATHIAS M.; VALIDO, ALFREDO; JORDANO, PEDRO; THOMPSON, JOHN N.; BASCOMPTE, JORDI; GUIMARAES JR, PAULO R.. Indirect effects shape species fitness in coevolved mutualistic networks. Nature, v. N/A, p. 21-pg., 2023-07-19. (21/14335-0, 16/14277-2, 19/22146-3, 18/14809-0, 19/25478-7, 22/07939-0)

ASSIS, ANA PAULA APRIGIO; GUIMARAES, PAULO ROBERTO. Organisms as Complex Structures Wrapped in a Complex Web of Life*. American Naturalist, v. 199, n. 6, p. 4-pg., 2022-06-01. (18/14809-0, 16/14277-2)

GUIMARAES, PAULO R., JR.; FUTUYMA, DJ. The Structure of Ecological Networks Across Levels of Organization. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND SYSTEMATICS, VOL 51, 2020, v. 51, p. 28-pg., 2020-01-01. (18/14809-0)

GUIMARAES JR, PAULO R.; MELIAN, CARLOS J.. Dynamics of ecosystem services along ecological network seascapes. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-COMPLEXITY, v. 5, n. 4, p. 15-pg., 2024-12-01. (18/14809-0)