1. Atlantic flower-invertebrate interactions: A data set of occurrence and frequency of floral visits.
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Boscolo D, Nobrega Rodrigues B, Ferreira PA, Lopes LE, Tonetti VR, Reis Dos Santos IC, Hiruma-Lima JA, Nery L, Baptista de Lima K, Perozi J, Freitas AVL, Viana BF, Antunes-Carvalho C, Amorim DS, Freitas de Oliveira F, Groppo M, Absy ML, de Almeida-Scabbia RJ, Alves-Araújo A, de Amorim FW, Antiqueira PAP, Antonini Y, Aoki C, Dos Santos Aragão D, Balbino TCT, da Silva Ferreira Bandeira M, Barbosa BC, de Vasconcellos Barbosa MR, Baronio GJ, Barros LO, Beal-Neves M, Bertollo VM, de Melo Bezerra AD, Buzatto CR, Carneiro LT, Caron E, Carpim CS, Carvalho ES, Carvalho TL, Carvalho-Leite LJ, Cascaes MF, de Castro FS, Cavalleri A, Cazetta E, Cerezini MT, Coelho LFM, Colares R, Cordeiro GD, Cordeiro J, da Silva Corrêa AM, da Costa FV, Covre C, Cruz RDM, Cruz-Neto O, Correia-da-Rocha-Filho L, Delabie JHC, da Costa Dórea M, do-Nascimento VT, Alves Dos-Santos JM, Duarte M, Duarte MC, Duarte OMP, Dutilh JHA, Emerick BP, Fabiano GDS, Farache FHA, de Faria APG, Fernandes GW, Maria Abreu Ferreira P, Ferreira-Caliman MJ, Ferreira LMN, Filgueira de Sá TF, Franceschinelli EV, Franco-Assis GA, Fregolente Faracco Mazziero F, Freitas BM, Freitas J, Galastri NA, Galetto L, Garcia CT, Amela García MT, Garcia NL, Garófalo CA, Gélvez-Zúñiga I, Goldas CDS, Guerra TJ, Guerra TM, Harter-Marques B, Hipólito J, Kamke R, Klein RP, Koch EBA, Landgref-Filho P, Laroca S, Leandro CM, Lima R, de Lima TRA, Lima-Verde LW, de Lírio EJ, Lopes AV, Luizi-Ponzo AP, Machado ICS, Machado T, Magalhães FS, Mahlmann T, Mariano CDSF, Marques TED, Martello F, Martins CF, Martins MN, Martins R, Mascarenhas ALS, de Assis Mendes G, Mendonça MS, Menini Neto L, Milward-de-Azevedo MA, Miranda AO, Montoya-Pfeiffer PM, Moraes AM, Moraes BB, Moreira EF, Morini MS, Moure-Oliveira D, De Nadai LF, Nagatani VH, Nervo MH, de Siqueira Neves F, de Novais JS, Araújo-Oliveira ÉS, de Oliveira JHF, Pacheco-Filho AJS, Palmieri L, Pareja M, Passarella MA, Passos NDM, Paulino-Neto HF, Luna Peixoto A, Pereira LC, Pereira RAS, Pereira-Silva B, Pincheira-Ulbrich J, Pinheiro M, Piratelli AJ, Podgaiski LR, Polizello DS, Prado LPD, Prezoto F, Quadros FR, Queiroz EP, Glebya Maciel Quirino Z, Rabello AM, Rabeschini GBP, Ramalho MMM, Ramos FN, Rattis L, Rezende LHG, Ribeiro C, Robe LJ, Rocha EMSR, Rodrigues RR, Romero GQ, Roque N, Sabino WO, Sano PT, Reis PDSS, Dos Santos FS, Alves Dos Santos I, Dos Santos FAR, Silva Dos Santos I, Sartorello R, Schmitz HJ, Sigrist MR, Silva Junior JC, Silva ACGE, da Silva CVC, Alves Vieira Silva BS, Silva BLF, Silva CI, da Silva FO, Silva JLSE, Silva NS, da Silva OGM, Silva Neto CME, Silva Neto ER, Silveira D, Silveira MS, Singer RB, Soares LASS, Locatelli de Souza EM, de Souza JMT, Steiner J, Teixeira-Gamarra MC, Trentin BA, Varassin IG, Vila-Verde G, Yoshikawa VN, Zanin EM, Galetti M, and Ribeiro MC
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- Humans, Animals, Ecosystem, Invertebrates, Forests, Plants, Flowers, Pollination, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera
- Abstract
Encounters between flowers and invertebrates are key events for the functioning of tropical forests. Assessing the structure of networks composed of the interactions between those partners leads to a better understanding of ecosystem functioning and the effects of environmental factors on ecological processes. Gathering such data is, however, costly and time-consuming, especially in the highly diverse tropics. We aimed to provide a comprehensive repository of available flower-invertebrate interaction information for the Atlantic Forest, a South American tropical forest domain. Data were obtained from published works and "gray literature," such as theses and dissertations, as well as self-reports by co-authors. The data set has ~18,000 interaction records forming 482 networks, each containing between one and 1061 interaction links. Each network was sampled for about 200 h or less, with few exceptions. A total of 641 plant genera within 136 different families and 39 orders were reported, with the most abundant and rich families being Asteraceae, Fabaceae, and Rubiaceae. Invertebrates interacting with these plants were all arthropods from 10 orders, 129 families, and 581 genera, comprising 2419 morphotypes (including 988 named species). Hymenoptera was the most abundant and diverse order, with at least six times more records than the second-ranked order (Lepidoptera). The complete data set shows Hymenoptera interacting with all plant orders and also shows Diptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Hemiptera to be important nodes. Among plants, Asterales and Fabales had the highest number of interactions. The best sampled environment was forest (~8000 records), followed by pastures and crops. Savanna, grasslands, and urban environments (among others) were also reported, indicating a wide range of approaches dedicated to collecting flower-invertebrate interaction data in the Atlantic Forest domain. Nevertheless, most reported data were from forest understory or lower strata, indicating a knowledge gap about flower-invertebrate interactions at the canopy. Also, access to remote regions remains a limitation, generating sampling bias across the geographical range of the Atlantic Forest. Future studies in these continuous and hard-to-access forested areas will yield important new information regarding the interactions between flowers and invertebrates in the Atlantic Forest. There are no copyright restrictions on the data set. Please cite this data paper if the data are used in publications and teaching events., (© 2022 The Ecological Society of America.)
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- 2023
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