Mutualism increases diversity, stability, and function of multiplex networks that integrate pollinators into food webs

Aside from their pollination function, pollinators consume and are consumed by other members of ecological communities; these relationships could explain the controversial effects of pollinators on ecological networks. Here the authors show that when mutualists such as pollinators are introduced int...

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Main Authors: Kayla R. S. Hale, Fernanda S. Valdovinos, Neo D. Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15688-w