An empirical attack tolerance test alters the structure and species richness of plant-pollinator networks
P. Biella, A. Akter, J. Ollerton, A. Nielsen, J. Klecka
The paper removes generalist plants from real plant-pollinator networks and shows increased species and interaction extinctions, reduced nestedness, and increased modularity, indicating network instability.
bioRxiv · Jan 28, 2020Ecology