Year-round temporal stability of a tropical, urban plant-pollinator network.

ABSTRACT: Plant-pollinator interactions are known to vary across time, both in terms of species composition and the associations between partner species. However, less is known about tropical pollination networks, and tropical urban parks provide a unique opportunity to study network stability in an environment where temperature and floral resources are relatively constant due to both the tropical climate as well as park horticulture. The objectives of this study were thus to examine the interactions between flowering plants and their potential pollinators in a large, tropical city (Bangkok, Thailand) across 12 consecutive months, and to assess the stability of network properties over time. We conducted monthly pollinator observations at 9 parks spaced throughout the city, and collected data on temp

SUBMITTER: Stewart AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7147774 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature