@article{885653ba5809467da94fed54b2cc8529,
title = "The potential for indirect effects between co-flowering plants via shared pollinators depends on resource abundance, accessibility and relatedness",
abstract = "Co-flowering plant species commonly share flower visitors, and thus have the potential to influence each other's pollination. In this study we analysed 750 quantitative plant-pollinator networks from 28 studies representing diverse biomes worldwide. We show that the potential for one plant species to influence another indirectly via shared pollinators was greater for plants whose resources were more abundant (higher floral unit number and nectar sugar content) and more accessible. The potential indirect influence was also stronger between phylogenetically closer plant species and was independent of plant geographic origin (native vs. non-native). The positive effect of nectar sugar content and phylogenetic proximity was much more accentuated for bees than for other groups. Consequently, the impact of these factors depends on the pollination mode of plants, e.g. bee or fly pollinated. Our findings may help predict which plant species have the greatest importance in the functioning of plant-pollination networks.",
keywords = "Facilitation, Floral traits, Flower density, Flower resources, Indirect interactions, Interspecific competition, Morphological similarity, Nectar, Phylogenetic distance, Plant-pollinator networks",
author = "Carvalheiro, {Lu{\'i}sa Gigante} and Biesmeijer, {Jacobus Christiaan} and Gita Benadi and Jochen Fr{\"u}nd and Martina Stang and Ignasi Bartomeus and Kaiser-Bunbury, {Christopher N.} and Mathilde Baude and Gomes, {Sofia I. F.} and Vincent Merckx and Baldock, {Katherine C R} and Bennett, {Andrew T. D.} and Ruth Boada and Riccardo Bommarco and Ralph Cartar and Natacha Chacoff and Juliana D{\"a}nhardt and Dicks, {Lynn V.} and Dormann, {Carsten F.} and Johan Ekroos and Henson, {Kate S. E.} and Andrea Holzschuh and Junker, {Robert R.} and Martha Lopezaraiza-Mikel and Jane Memmott and Ana Montero-Casta{\~n}o and Nelson, {Isabel L.} and Theodora Petanidou and Power, {Eileen F.} and Maj Rundl{\"o}f and Smith, {Henrik G.} and Stout, {Jane C.} and Kehinde Temitope and Teja Tscharntke and Thomas Tscheulin and Montserrat Vil{\`a} and Kunin, {William E.}",
note = "Research funded by European Commission (226852244 090) | Natural Environment Research Council (BB/H014934/1).",
year = "2014",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1111/ele.12342",
language = "English",
volume = "17",
pages = "1389–1399",
journal = "Ecology Letters",
issn = "1461-023X",
publisher = "Wiley",
number = "11",
}