Multi-habitat landscapes are more diverse and stable with improved function.

ABSTRACT: Conservation, restoration and land management are increasingly implemented at landscape scales^1,2. However, because species interaction data are typically habitat- and/or guild-specific, exactly how those interactions connect habitats and affect the stability and function of communities at landscape scales remains poorly understood. We combine multi-guild species interaction data (plant-pollinator and three plant-herbivore-parasitoid communities, collected from landscapes with one, two or three habitats), a field experiment and a modelling approach to show that multi-habitat landscapes support higher species and interaction evenness, more complementary species interactions and more consistent robustness to species loss. These emergent network properties drive improved pollinatio

SUBMITTER: Hackett TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11374697 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature