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Plant-centred sampling estimates higher beta diversity of interactions than pollinator-based sampling across habitats

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Author(s):
Souza, Camila S. [1, 2] ; Maruyama, Pietro K. [3] ; Santos, Karen C. B. S. [4, 5] ; Varassin, Isabela G. [6] ; Gross, Caroline L. [7] ; Araujo, Andrea C. [8]
Total Authors: 6
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Fed Mato Grosso do Sul, Programa Posgrad Ecol & Conservacao, Campo Grande, MS - USA
[2] Univ Fed Parana, Programa Posgrad Bot, Dept Bot, Campus Ctr Politecn, Curitiba, PR - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Minas Gerais, ICB, Dept Genet Ecol & Evolucao, Ctr Sintese Ecol & Conservacao, Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
[4] Univ Fed Mato Grosso do Sul, Programa Posgrad Biol Vegetal, Campo Grande, MS - Brazil
[5] Univ New England, Sch Environm & Rural Sci, UNE, Armidale, NSW 2351 - Australia
[6] Univ Fed Parana, Dept Bot, Campus Ctr Politecn, Curitiba, Parana - Brazil
[7] Univ New England, Ecosyst Management, Armidale, NSW 2351 - Australia
[8] Univ Fed Mato Grosso do Sul, Inst Biociencias, Lab Ecol, Campo Grande, MS - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 8
Document type: Journal article
Source: NEW PHYTOLOGIST; v. 230, n. 6 APR 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

When describing plant-animal interaction networks, sampling can be performed using plant- or animal-centred approaches. Despite known effects of sampling on network structure, how samplings affect the estimates of interaction beta-diversity across networks is still unresolved. We investigated how the sampling method affects the assessment of beta-diversity of interactions, turnover and rewiring. We contrasted plant- and animal-centred sampling methods applied to pollination networks across habitats in a heterogeneous tropical landscape, the Pantanal Wetlands. We also asked whether plant traits influence the difference in interaction specialization according to sampling. Plant-centred networks resulted in higher beta-diversity of interactions in space than animal-centred networks. Turnover explained most of the beta-diversity in both methods, but rewiring was proportionately more important when using the animal-centred method. While the plant-centred method indicated lower network modularity and specialization, floral traits modulated the effects of the sampling method on species-level network metrics. Combining animal- and plant-centred approaches returned intermediate values for beta-diversity of interactions and network metrics. Distinct methods may also be better suited for answering questions at different scales. Our results point out that the method choice, or combination of methods, should always reflect the appropriate scale of the factors determining the interactions being investigated. (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