On the structure of species-function participation in multilayer ecological networks.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how biotic interactions shape ecosystems and impact their functioning, resilience and biodiversity has been a sustained research priority in ecology. Yet, traditional assessments of ecological complexity typically focus on species-species interactions that mediate a particular function (e.g., pollination), overlooking both the synergistic effect that multiple functions might develop as well as the resulting species-function participation patterns that emerge in ecosystems that harbor multiple ecological functions. Here we propose a mathematical framework that integrates various types of biotic interactions observed between different species. Its application to recently collected data of an islet ecosystem-reporting 1537 interactions between 691 plants, animals and fungi acros

SUBMITTER: Hervias-Parejo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11499872 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature