The architecture of mutualistic networks minimizes competition and increases biodiversity

By Ugo Bastolla, Miguel A. Fortuna, Alberto Pascual-García, A. Ferrera, B. Luque, Jordi Bascompte. Nature, 2009

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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On nestedness in ecological networks (2010, background): “For example, Bastolla et al. (2009) show that the process by which a new species enters a community will likely lead to a nested pattern of interactions.”
Topological change of Andean plant–pollinator networks along an altitudinal gradient (2010, background): “The recent work of Bastolla et al. (2009) provides evidence that a nested architecture of mutualistic interaction relaxes competition within plants and within pollinators, thus promoting species richness and enhancing biodiversity.”
Identifying Causes of Patterns in Ecological Networks: Opportunities and Limitations (2017, background): “Such proposed stabilizing structural properties include nestedness, modularity, (low or high) complexity, and specialization (May 1973, Bastolla et al. 2009, Thébault & Fontaine 2010, Benadi et al. 2012, James et al. 2012; see also Section 5.1).”
Cascading extinctions as a hidden driver of insect decline (2020, background): “2b), this will have a marked effect on other species’ persistence in the community (Bastolla et al., 2009; Thébault & Fontaine, 2010).”
The Jungle of Methods for Evaluating Phenotypic and Phylogenetic Structure of Communities (2010, background): “Similarly, network theory is providing clues for understanding species coexistence (Chesson and Kuang 2008); for example, network parameters such as nestedness can shed light on the strength of interspecific competition and species coexistence (Bastolla et al. 2009).”
Influence of extrafloral nectary phenology on ant–plant mutualistic networks in a neotropical savanna (2013, background): “…of interacting with each other and may give rise to groups of specialists in this interaction (the principal or generalist core of the interaction network) (Thompson, 2005), which are responsible for maintaining the pattern of the interactive network (Bastolla et al., 2009; Mello et al., 2011).”
Complexity and stability of ecological networks: a review of the theory (2018, background): “, Okuyama and Holland 2008; Bastolla et al. 2009; Thébault and Fontaine 2010 all used a nonlinear functional response). Although these models have expanded our knowledge about the structure and dynamics of complex mutualistic systems, they disregarded important biological processes associated with p”
Conservation of species interaction networks (2010, background): “Thus, a strict focus on conserving species diversity alone will not necessarily conserve network structure, yet network structure may contribute to biodiversity maintenance (Bascompte et al., 2006; Bastolla et al., 2009).”
Resolving Food-Web Structure (2020, background): “Modularity and/or nestedness might promote diversity and/or stability, or they might not (Bastolla et al. 2009, Thébault & Fontaine 2010, Allesina & Tang 2012, James et al. 2012, Grilli et al. 2016).”
Why network analysis is often disconnected from community ecology: A critique and an ecologist's guide (2010, background): “Interestingly, recent findings of network modelling challenge this view (Bastolla et al., 2009), showing a decreased interspecific competition for the scenario with highest niche overlap (nested or fully connected networks).”