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Non-random coextinctions in phylogenetically structured mutualistic networks

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  • Enrico L. Rezende

    (Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Apdo. 1056, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain)

  • Jessica E. Lavabre

    (Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Apdo. 1056, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain)

  • Paulo R. Guimarães

    (Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Apdo. 1056, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain
    Instituto de Fisica ‘Gleb Wataghin’, UNICAMP, 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil)

  • Pedro Jordano

    (Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Apdo. 1056, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain)

  • Jordi Bascompte

    (Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Apdo. 1056, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain)

Abstract

United they fall Plants and their pollinators and seed dispersers form complex networks of interdependences. These networks have a well-defined architecture that strongly affects biodiversity maintenance. Using a phylogenetic approach, Rezende et al. show that past evolutionary history of plants and animals partly explains the network patterns. Closely related species tend to play similar roles in the network. As a result, coextinction cascades following a species extinction affect taxonomically related species, resulting in a non-random pruning of the evolutionary tree. From a conservation standpoint, this means that cascades of coextinction may spread across related species, further increasing the erosion of taxonomic diversity.

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  • Enrico L. Rezende & Jessica E. Lavabre & Paulo R. Guimarães & Pedro Jordano & Jordi Bascompte, 2007. "Non-random coextinctions in phylogenetically structured mutualistic networks," Nature, Nature, vol. 448(7156), pages 925-928, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:448:y:2007:i:7156:d:10.1038_nature05956
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05956
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    1. Bastazini, Vinicius Augusto Galvão & Debastiani, Vanderlei & Cappelatti, Laura & Guimarães, Paulo & Pillar, Valério D., 2022. "The role of evolutionary modes for trait-based cascades in mutualistic networks," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 470(C).
    2. Julia H. Heinen & F. B. Vincent Florens & Cláudia Baider & Julian P. Hume & W. Daniel Kissling & Robert J. Whittaker & Carsten Rahbek & Michael K. Borregaard, 2023. "Novel plant–frugivore network on Mauritius is unlikely to compensate for the extinction of seed dispersers," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-13, December.
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