Monthly Alternations of Core Plant Species in Dynamic Plant-Pollinator Networks of an Urban Botanical Garden.

ABSTRACT: Urban systems, particularly botanical gardens, often comprise a lot of exotic plant species that can integrate into local plant-pollinator networks, influencing their temporal structural dynamics. However, revealing how plant-pollinator interactions are continuously reshaped and how the roles of native plant and exotic plant species within networks alter over time remains a significant challenge. Here, we reconstructed monthly plant-pollinator interaction networks for 12 months within an urban botanical garden. We focused on the monthly variations in the structure of pollination networks and the roles of native and exotic plant species. The results showed that the dynamics of plant-pollinator interactions are characterized by significant changes in network structure and species alternation

SUBMITTER: Wang XP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12270637 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature