Fine‐tuning the nested structure of pollination networks by adaptive interaction switching, biogeography and sampling effect in the Galapagos Islands

dc.contributor.authorNnakenyi, Chinenye A.
dc.contributor.authorTraveset, Anna
dc.contributor.authorHeleno, Ruben
dc.contributor.authorMinoarivelo, Henintsoa O.
dc.contributor.authorHui, Cang
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-18T13:02:08Z
dc.date.available2019-06-18T13:02:08Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe structure of pollination networks, particularly its nestedness, contain important information on network assemblages. However, there is still limited understanding of the mechanisms underlying nested pollination network structures. Here, we investigate the role of Adaptive Interaction Switching (AIS), island area, isolation, age and sampling effort in explaining the nestedness of pollination networks across ten Galápagos Islands. The AIS algorithm is inspired by Wallace's elimination of the unfit, where a species constantly replaces its least profitable mutualistic partner with a new partner selected at random. To explain network structures, we first use a dynamic model that includes functional response of pollination and AIS, with only species richness and binary connectance as input (hereafter the AIS model). Thereafter, other explanatory variables (isolation, area, age and sampling effort) were added to the model. In four out of ten islands, the pollination network was significantly nested, and predictions from the AIS model correlated with observed structures, explaining 69% variation in nestedness. Overall, in terms of independent contribution from hierarchical partitioning of variation in observed nestedness, the AIS model predictions contributed the most (37%), followed by sampling effort (28%) and island area (22%), with only trivial contributions from island isolation and age. Therefore, adaptive switching of biotic interactions seems to be key to ensure network function, with island biogeographic factors only secondary. Although large islands could harbour more diverse assemblages and thus foster more nested structures, sufficient sampling proves to be essential for detecting non‐random network structures.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNnakenyi, Chinenye A., et al. 2019. Fine‐tuning the nested structure of pollination networks by adaptive interaction switching, biogeography and sampling effect in the Galapagos Islands. Oikos,
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106278
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.subjectPollination Networken_ZA
dc.titleFine‐tuning the nested structure of pollination networks by adaptive interaction switching, biogeography and sampling effect in the Galapagos Islandsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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