Hackett, T.D. orcid.org/0000-0001-7727-8842, Sauve, A.M.C., Maia, K.P. et al. (7 more authors) (2024) Multi-habitat landscapes are more diverse and stable with improved function. Nature, 633. pp. 114-119. ISSN 0028-0836
Abstract
Conservation, restoration and land management are increasingly implemented at landscape scales1,2. However, because species interaction data are typically habitat- and/or guild-specific, exactly how those interactions connect habitats and affect the stability and function of communities at landscape scales remains poorly understood. We combine multi-guild species interaction data (plant–pollinator and three plant–herbivore–parasitoid communities, collected from landscapes with one, two or three habitats), a field experiment and a modelling approach to show that multi-habitat landscapes support higher species and interaction evenness, more complementary species interactions and more consistent robustness to species loss. These emergent network properties drive improved pollination success in landscapes with more habitats and are not explained by simply summing component habitat webs. Linking landscape composition, through community structure, to ecosystem function, highlights mechanisms by which several contiguous habitats can support landscape-scale ecosystem services.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Dec 2024 11:28 |
Last Modified: | 18 Dec 2024 11:28 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Nature Research |
Identification Number: | 10.1038/s41586-024-07825-y |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:220947 |
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