Landscape homogenization strengthens the fitness benefits of plant species' centrality in pollination networks.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how plant-pollinator interactions vary along disturbance gradients and influence community function is essential to comprehend how pollination services can be maintained in increasingly anthropized landscapes. Recent studies found positive relationships between plant fitness and centrality in interaction networks (i.e., high proximity to other plants via shared pollinators). However, this relationship might vary depending on communities' landscape context and species' functional traits. We hypothesized that the fitness benefits of centrality might be higher in homogeneous landscapes than in heterogeneous landscapes, as the former might favor generalist species and behaviors. We also expected stronger positive relationships between centrality and fitness in pollinator-dependen

SUBMITTER: Gomez-Martinez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12223706 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature