Competition causes secondary extinctions in plant-pollinator networks
Bewick, S, BJ Brosi, and PR Armsworth.
Competition causes secondary extinctions in plant-pollinator networks.
Oikos, 2013. 122: 1710–1719
Most models of mutualistic networks assume that mutualisms across groups are the only interactions occurring. Here, we show that integrating plant-plant competition in pollination-network models decreases network robustness to secondary extinctions.