Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions

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Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions. / Martins, Lucas P.; Stouffer, Daniel B.; Blendinger, Pedro G.; Böhning-Gaese, Katrin; Buitrón-Jurado, Galo; Correia, Marta; Costa, José Miguel; Dehling, D. Matthias; Donatti, Camila I.; Emer, Carine; Galetti, Mauro; Heleno, Ruben; Jordano, Pedro; Menezes, Ícaro; Morante-Filho, José Carlos; Muñoz, Marcia C.; Neuschulz, Eike Lena; Pizo, Marco Aurélio; Quitián, Marta; Ruggera, Roman A.; Saavedra, Francisco; Santillán, Vinicio; Sanz D’Angelo, Virginia; Schleuning, Matthias; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Ribeiro da Silva, Fernanda; Timóteo, Sérgio; Traveset, Anna; Vollstädt, Maximilian G. R.; Tylianakis, Jason M.

In: Nature Communications, Vol. 13, 6943, 2022.

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Martins, LP, Stouffer, DB, Blendinger, PG, Böhning-Gaese, K, Buitrón-Jurado, G, Correia, M, Costa, JM, Dehling, DM, Donatti, CI, Emer, C, Galetti, M, Heleno, R, Jordano, P, Menezes, Í, Morante-Filho, JC, Muñoz, MC, Neuschulz, EL, Pizo, MA, Quitián, M, Ruggera, RA, Saavedra, F, Santillán, V, Sanz D’Angelo, V, Schleuning, M, da Silva, LP, Ribeiro da Silva, F, Timóteo, S, Traveset, A, Vollstädt, MGR & Tylianakis, JM 2022, 'Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions', Nature Communications, vol. 13, 6943. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34355-w

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Martins, L. P., Stouffer, D. B., Blendinger, P. G., Böhning-Gaese, K., Buitrón-Jurado, G., Correia, M., Costa, J. M., Dehling, D. M., Donatti, C. I., Emer, C., Galetti, M., Heleno, R., Jordano, P., Menezes, Í., Morante-Filho, J. C., Muñoz, M. C., Neuschulz, E. L., Pizo, M. A., Quitián, M., ... Tylianakis, J. M. (2022). Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions. Nature Communications, 13, [6943]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34355-w

Vancouver

Martins LP, Stouffer DB, Blendinger PG, Böhning-Gaese K, Buitrón-Jurado G, Correia M et al. Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions. Nature Communications. 2022;13. 6943. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34355-w

Author

Martins, Lucas P. ; Stouffer, Daniel B. ; Blendinger, Pedro G. ; Böhning-Gaese, Katrin ; Buitrón-Jurado, Galo ; Correia, Marta ; Costa, José Miguel ; Dehling, D. Matthias ; Donatti, Camila I. ; Emer, Carine ; Galetti, Mauro ; Heleno, Ruben ; Jordano, Pedro ; Menezes, Ícaro ; Morante-Filho, José Carlos ; Muñoz, Marcia C. ; Neuschulz, Eike Lena ; Pizo, Marco Aurélio ; Quitián, Marta ; Ruggera, Roman A. ; Saavedra, Francisco ; Santillán, Vinicio ; Sanz D’Angelo, Virginia ; Schleuning, Matthias ; da Silva, Luís Pascoal ; Ribeiro da Silva, Fernanda ; Timóteo, Sérgio ; Traveset, Anna ; Vollstädt, Maximilian G. R. ; Tylianakis, Jason M. / Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions. In: Nature Communications. 2022 ; Vol. 13.

Bibtex

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title = "Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions",

abstract = "Species interactions can propagate disturbances across space via direct and indirect effects, potentially connecting species at a global scale. However, ecological and biogeographic boundaries may mitigate this spread by demarcating the limits of ecological networks. We tested whether large-scale ecological boundaries (ecoregions and biomes) and human disturbance gradients increase dissimilarity among plant-frugivore networks, while accounting for background spatial and elevational gradients and differences in network sampling. We assessed network dissimilarity patterns over a broad spatial scale, using 196 quantitative avian frugivory networks (encompassing 1496 plant and 1004 bird species) distributed across 67 ecoregions, 11 biomes, and 6 continents. We show that dissimilarities in species and interaction composition, but not network structure, are greater across ecoregion and biome boundaries and along different levels of human disturbance. Our findings indicate that biogeographic boundaries delineate the world{\textquoteright}s biodiversity of interactions and likely contribute to mitigating the propagation of disturbances at large spatial scales.",

author = "Martins, {Lucas P.} and Stouffer, {Daniel B.} and Blendinger, {Pedro G.} and Katrin B{\"o}hning-Gaese and Galo Buitr{\'o}n-Jurado and Marta Correia and Costa, {Jos{\'e} Miguel} and Dehling, {D. Matthias} and Donatti, {Camila I.} and Carine Emer and Mauro Galetti and Ruben Heleno and Pedro Jordano and {\'I}caro Menezes and Morante-Filho, {Jos{\'e} Carlos} and Mu{\~n}oz, {Marcia C.} and Neuschulz, {Eike Lena} and Pizo, {Marco Aur{\'e}lio} and Marta Quiti{\'a}n and Ruggera, {Roman A.} and Francisco Saavedra and Vinicio Santill{\'a}n and {Sanz D{\textquoteright}Angelo}, Virginia and Matthias Schleuning and {da Silva}, {Lu{\'i}s Pascoal} and {Ribeiro da Silva}, Fernanda and S{\'e}rgio Tim{\'o}teo and Anna Traveset and Vollst{\"a}dt, {Maximilian G. R.} and Tylianakis, {Jason M.}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s).",

year = "2022",

doi = "10.1038/s41467-022-34355-w",

language = "English",

volume = "13",

journal = "Nature Communications",

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T1 - Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions

AU - Martins, Lucas P.

AU - Stouffer, Daniel B.

AU - Blendinger, Pedro G.

AU - Böhning-Gaese, Katrin

AU - Buitrón-Jurado, Galo

AU - Correia, Marta

AU - Costa, José Miguel

AU - Dehling, D. Matthias

AU - Donatti, Camila I.

AU - Emer, Carine

AU - Galetti, Mauro

AU - Heleno, Ruben

AU - Jordano, Pedro

AU - Menezes, Ícaro

AU - Morante-Filho, José Carlos

AU - Muñoz, Marcia C.

AU - Neuschulz, Eike Lena

AU - Pizo, Marco Aurélio

AU - Quitián, Marta

AU - Ruggera, Roman A.

AU - Saavedra, Francisco

AU - Santillán, Vinicio

AU - Sanz D’Angelo, Virginia

AU - Schleuning, Matthias

AU - da Silva, Luís Pascoal

AU - Ribeiro da Silva, Fernanda

AU - Timóteo, Sérgio

AU - Traveset, Anna

AU - Vollstädt, Maximilian G. R.

AU - Tylianakis, Jason M.

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - Species interactions can propagate disturbances across space via direct and indirect effects, potentially connecting species at a global scale. However, ecological and biogeographic boundaries may mitigate this spread by demarcating the limits of ecological networks. We tested whether large-scale ecological boundaries (ecoregions and biomes) and human disturbance gradients increase dissimilarity among plant-frugivore networks, while accounting for background spatial and elevational gradients and differences in network sampling. We assessed network dissimilarity patterns over a broad spatial scale, using 196 quantitative avian frugivory networks (encompassing 1496 plant and 1004 bird species) distributed across 67 ecoregions, 11 biomes, and 6 continents. We show that dissimilarities in species and interaction composition, but not network structure, are greater across ecoregion and biome boundaries and along different levels of human disturbance. Our findings indicate that biogeographic boundaries delineate the world’s biodiversity of interactions and likely contribute to mitigating the propagation of disturbances at large spatial scales.

AB - Species interactions can propagate disturbances across space via direct and indirect effects, potentially connecting species at a global scale. However, ecological and biogeographic boundaries may mitigate this spread by demarcating the limits of ecological networks. We tested whether large-scale ecological boundaries (ecoregions and biomes) and human disturbance gradients increase dissimilarity among plant-frugivore networks, while accounting for background spatial and elevational gradients and differences in network sampling. We assessed network dissimilarity patterns over a broad spatial scale, using 196 quantitative avian frugivory networks (encompassing 1496 plant and 1004 bird species) distributed across 67 ecoregions, 11 biomes, and 6 continents. We show that dissimilarities in species and interaction composition, but not network structure, are greater across ecoregion and biome boundaries and along different levels of human disturbance. Our findings indicate that biogeographic boundaries delineate the world’s biodiversity of interactions and likely contribute to mitigating the propagation of disturbances at large spatial scales.

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DO - 10.1038/s41467-022-34355-w

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VL - 13

JO - Nature Communications

JF - Nature Communications

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ID: 329750993

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