The role of alien species on plant-floral visitor network structure in invaded communities.

ABSTRACT: The interactions between pairs of native and alien plants via shared use of pollinators have been widely studied. Community level studies however, are necessary in order to fully understand the factors and mechanisms that facilitate successful plant invasion, but these are still scarce. Specifically, few community level studies have considered how differences in invasion level (alien flower abundance), and degree of floral trait similarity between native and invasive species, mediate effects on native plant-pollinator communities. Here, we evaluated the role of alien species on overall plant-floral visitor network structure, and on species-level network parameters, across nine invaded coastal communities distributed along 205 km in Yucatán, México that vary in alien species richness and fl

SUBMITTER: Parra-Tabla V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6839871 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature