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>