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.