10.1371/journal.pone.0017395.g004
Marco Aurelio Ribeiro Mello
Marco
Aurelio Ribeiro Mello
Flávia Maria Darcie Marquitti
Flávia
Maria Darcie Marquitti
Paulo Roberto Guimarães Jr.
Paulo
Roberto Guimarães Jr.
Elisabeth Klara Viktoria Kalko
Elisabeth
Klara Viktoria Kalko
Pedro Jordano
Pedro
Jordano
Marcus Aloizio Martinez de Aguiar
Marcus
Aloizio Martinez de Aguiar
Changes caused by the removal of single species.
Public Library of Science
2011
caused
2011-02-28 01:31:07
Figure
https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/_Changes_caused_by_the_removal_of_single_species_/465467
<p>With simulations of single-species removals, we observed that species of both (a) bats and (b) plants that interact with a higher proportion of mutualistic partners are more important for maintaining the whole network structure, as their removal causes larger decreases in nestedness. Furthermore, (c) the removal of bat species considered as primary frugivores caused also larger decreases in nestedness in the whole network.</p>