Social Wasp-Flower Visiting Guild Interactions in Less Structurally Complex Habitats are More Susceptible to Local Extinction

Several studies have shown that habitat complexity is an important factor for the dynamic and stability of interacting species. However, it is not known how the habitat complexity may affect the tolerance of wasp-flower interactions to local extinction. Based on this perspective, in this study, we a...

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Autores principales:	Mateus Aparecido Clemente, Denise Lange, Wesley Dáttilo, Kleber Del-Claro, Fábio Prezoto
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Publicado:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2013
Materias:	ecological networks flower-visiting species loss habitat complexity robustness Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d4e9903592934e4287f62e546e2091702021-12-02T12:36:11ZSocial Wasp-Flower Visiting Guild Interactions in Less Structurally Complex Habitats are More Susceptible to Local Extinction0361-652510.13102/sociobiology.v60i3.337-344https://doaj.org/article/d4e9903592934e4287f62e546e2091702013-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/195https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525Several studies have shown that habitat complexity is an important factor for the dynamic and stability of interacting species. However, it is not known how the habitat complexity may affect the tolerance of wasp-flower interactions to local extinction. Based on this perspective, in this study, we aimed to compare the tolerance of wasp flower visiting guild to local extinction in two different types of vegetation (Riparian Forest and Rocky Grassland). Through observations made during one year, we verified that the structure of the plant-wasp interaction network differed between the two areas, as well as that the robustness to cumulative extinctions had different patterns. The simulations of cumulative removal of species showed that the network in the Riparian Forest is more robust against the removal of both plants and wasps than that network in Rocky Grassland, since their extinction curves declined more slowly. Therefore, in our study area, we demonstrate that social wasp-plant interactions in areas with lower structural complexity are less tolerant to extinction (i.e. more fragile). We therefore suggest that studies that aim at biodiversity conservation should focus not only in areas where diversity is high, but also in area with lower species richness for the conservation of ecological roles within communities.Mateus Aparecido ClementeDenise LangeWesley DáttiloKleber Del-ClaroFábio PrezotoUniversidade Estadual de Feira de Santanaarticleecological networksflower-visitingspecies losshabitat complexityrobustnessZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 60, Iss 3, Pp 337-344 (2013)
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topic	ecological networks flower-visiting species loss habitat complexity robustness Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
spellingShingle	ecological networks flower-visiting species loss habitat complexity robustness Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 Mateus Aparecido Clemente Denise Lange Wesley Dáttilo Kleber Del-Claro Fábio Prezoto Social Wasp-Flower Visiting Guild Interactions in Less Structurally Complex Habitats are More Susceptible to Local Extinction
description	Several studies have shown that habitat complexity is an important factor for the dynamic and stability of interacting species. However, it is not known how the habitat complexity may affect the tolerance of wasp-flower interactions to local extinction. Based on this perspective, in this study, we aimed to compare the tolerance of wasp flower visiting guild to local extinction in two different types of vegetation (Riparian Forest and Rocky Grassland). Through observations made during one year, we verified that the structure of the plant-wasp interaction network differed between the two areas, as well as that the robustness to cumulative extinctions had different patterns. The simulations of cumulative removal of species showed that the network in the Riparian Forest is more robust against the removal of both plants and wasps than that network in Rocky Grassland, since their extinction curves declined more slowly. Therefore, in our study area, we demonstrate that social wasp-plant interactions in areas with lower structural complexity are less tolerant to extinction (i.e. more fragile). We therefore suggest that studies that aim at biodiversity conservation should focus not only in areas where diversity is high, but also in area with lower species richness for the conservation of ecological roles within communities.
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author	Mateus Aparecido Clemente Denise Lange Wesley Dáttilo Kleber Del-Claro Fábio Prezoto
author_facet	Mateus Aparecido Clemente Denise Lange Wesley Dáttilo Kleber Del-Claro Fábio Prezoto
author_sort	Mateus Aparecido Clemente
title	Social Wasp-Flower Visiting Guild Interactions in Less Structurally Complex Habitats are More Susceptible to Local Extinction
title_short	Social Wasp-Flower Visiting Guild Interactions in Less Structurally Complex Habitats are More Susceptible to Local Extinction
title_full	Social Wasp-Flower Visiting Guild Interactions in Less Structurally Complex Habitats are More Susceptible to Local Extinction
title_fullStr	Social Wasp-Flower Visiting Guild Interactions in Less Structurally Complex Habitats are More Susceptible to Local Extinction
title_full_unstemmed	Social Wasp-Flower Visiting Guild Interactions in Less Structurally Complex Habitats are More Susceptible to Local Extinction
title_sort	social wasp-flower visiting guild interactions in less structurally complex habitats are more susceptible to local extinction
publisher	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
publishDate	2013
url	https://doaj.org/article/d4e9903592934e4287f62e546e209170
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Social Wasp-Flower Visiting Guild Interactions in Less Structurally Complex Habitats are More Susceptible to Local Extinction

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