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Ecological mechanisms explaining interactions within plant-hummingbird networks: morphological matching increases towards lower latitudes

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Sonne, Jesper [1] ; Vizentin-Bugoni, Jeferson [2, 1, 3] ; Maruyama, Pietro K. [2, 4] ; Araujo, Andrea C. [5] ; Chavez-Gonzalez, Edgar [6] ; Coelho, Aline G. [7] ; Cotton, Peter A. [8] ; Marin-Gomez, Oscar H. [9] ; Lara, Carlos [10] ; Lasprilla, Liliana R. [11] ; Machado, Caio G. [7] ; Maglianesi, Maria A. [12, 13] ; Malucelli, Tiago S. [14] ; Gonzalez, Ana M. Martin [15, 1] ; Oliveira, Genilda M. [16] ; Oliveira, Paulo E. [17] ; Ortiz-Pulido, Raul [6] ; Rocca, Marcia A. [18] ; Rodrigues, Licleia C. [19] ; Sazima, Ivan [20] ; Simmons, I, Benno ; Tinoco, Boris [21] ; Varassin, Isabela G. [14] ; Vasconcelos, Marcelo F. [22] ; O'Hara, Bob [23, 24] ; Schleuning, Matthias [13] ; Rahbek, Carsten [25, 1, 26] ; Sazima, Marlies [2] ; Dalsgaard, Bo [1]
Total Authors: 29
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[1] Univ Copenhagen, Globe Inst, Ctr Macroecol Evolut & Climate, Univ Pk 15, Copenhagen O - Denmark
[2] Univ Estadual Campinas, UNICAMP, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Vegetal, Campinas, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Illinois, Dept Nat Resources & Environm Sci, Turner Hall, Urbana, IL - USA
[4] Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Inst Ciencias Biol, Dept Genet Ecol & Evolucao, Ctr Sintese Ecol & Conservacao, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
[5] Univ Fed Mato Grosso do Sul, Inst Biociencias, Campo Grande, MS - Brazil
[6] Univ Autonoma Estado Hidalgo, Inst Ciencias Basicas & Ingn, Ctr Invest Biol, Km 4-5, Carretera Pachuca Tulancingo, Pachuca, Hidalgo - Mexico
[7] Univ Estadual Feira de Santana, Dept Ciencias Biol, Lab Ornitol, Feira De Santana, BA - Brazil
[8] Plymouth Univ, Marine Biol & Ecol Res Ctr, Plymouth, Devon - England
[9] Inst Ecol AC, Red Ambiente & Sustentabilidad, Carretera Antigua Coatepec 351 El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz - Mexico
[10] Univ Autonoma Tlaxcala, Ctr Invest Ciencias Biol, Km 10-5 Autopista Tlaxcala San Martin Texmelucan, San Felipe Ixtacuixla, Tlaxcala - Mexico
[11] Univ Pedagog & Tecnol Colombia, Grp Invest Biol Conservat, Escuela Ciencias Biol, Tunja, Boyaca - Colombia
[12] Univ Estatal Distancia, Vicerrectoria Invest, San Jose - Costa Rica
[13] Senckenberg Biodivers & Climate Res Ctr SBiK F, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt - Germany
[14] Ctr Politecn, Dept Bot, Lab Interacoes & Biol Reprod, Curitiba, Parana - Brazil
[15] Pacific Ecoinformat & Computat Ecol Lab, Berkeley, CA - USA
[16] Inst Fed Brasilia, Campus Samambaia, Brasilia, DF - Brazil
[17] Univ Fed Uberlandia, Inst Biol, Uberlandia, MG - Brazil
[18] Univ Fed Sergipe, Dept Ecol, Ctr Ciencias Biol & Saude, Ave Marechal Rondon S-N, Sao Cristovao, Sergipe - Brazil
[19] Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Inst Ciencias Biol, Dept Zool, Lab Ornitol, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
[20] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Museu Zool, Campinas, SP - Brazil
[21] Univ Azuay, Escuela Biol, Cuenca - Ecuador
[22] Pontificia Univ Catolica Minas Gerais, Museu Ciencias Nat, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
[23] Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Math Sci, Trondheim - Norway
[24] Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Ctr Biodivers Dynam, Trondheim - Norway
[25] Imperial Coll London, Dept Life Sci, Ascot, Berks - England
[26] Univ Southern Denmark, Danish Inst Adv Study, DK-5230 Odense M - Denmark
Total Affiliations: 26
Document type: Journal article
Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; v. 287, n. 1922 MAR 11 2020.
Web of Science Citations: 3
Abstract

Interactions between species are influenced by different ecological mechanisms, such as morphological matching, phenological overlap and species abundances. How these mechanisms explain interaction frequencies across environmental gradients remains poorly understood. Consequently, we also know little about the mechanisms that drive the geographical patterns in network structure, such as complementary specialization and modularity. Here, we use data on morphologies, phenologies and abundances to explain interaction frequencies between hummingbirds and plants at a large geographical scale. For 24 quantitative networks sampled throughout the Americas, we found that the tendency of species to interact with morphologically matching partners contributed to specialized and modular network structures. Morphological matching best explained interaction frequencies in networks found closer to the equator and in areas with low-temperature seasonality. When comparing the three ecological mechanisms within networks, we found that both morphological matching and phenological overlap generally outperformed abundances in the explanation of interaction frequencies. Together, these findings provide insights into the ecological mechanisms that underlie geographical patterns in resource specialization. Notably, our results highlight morphological constraints on interactions as a potential explanation for increasing resource specialization towards lower latitudes. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 15/21457-4 - Linking macroecological patterns in ecological networks to functional traits of species: plant-hummingbird networks across the Americas
Grantee:Pietro Kiyoshi Maruyama Mendonça
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral