13 results on '"Vázquez, Diego P."'
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2. Indirect Effects of an Introduced Ungulate on Pollination and Plant Reproduction
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Vázquez, Diego P. and Simberloff, Daniel
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- 2004
3. Null Model Analyses of Specialization in Plant-Pollinator Interactions
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Vázquez, Diego P. and Aizen, Marcelo A.
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- 2003
4. Benefit and cost curves for typical pollination mutualisms
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Morris, William F., Vázquez, Diego P., and Chacoff, Natacha P.
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- 2010
5. Ecological Specialization and Susceptibility to Disturbance: Conjectures and Refutations
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Vázquez, Diego P. and Simberloff, Daniel
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- 2002
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6. A keystone mutualism promotes resistance to invasion.
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Vitali, Agustin, Vázquez, Diego P., Miguel, María F., Sasal, Yamila, and Rodríguez‐Cabal, Mariano A.
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POLLINATORS , *BIOLOGICAL invasions , *MUTUALISM , *BOMBUS terrestris , *BIOTIC communities , *SPECIES diversity , *INTRODUCED species - Abstract
It is not uncommon for one or a few species, and their interactions, to have disproportionate effects on other species in ecological communities. Such keystone interactions might affect how communities respond to the invasion of non‐native species by preventing or inhibiting the establishment, spread or impact of non‐native species.We explore whether a keystone mutualism among a hummingbird–mistletoe–marsupial promotes ecological resistance to an invasive pollinator, the bumblebee Bombus terrestris, by comparing data collected at sites prior to bumblebee invasion to data collected 11 years after the invasion in sites with and without the keystone mutualism.We built pollination networks and focused on network motifs, regarded as building blocks of networks, to identify the central pollinators and estimate the change in their interactions after invasion of B. terrestris. We also estimated the interaction rewiring across the season in post‐invasion networks and tested it as a possible mechanism explaining how the keystone mutualism increased ecological resistance to invasion.We found two times more species in post‐invasion sites with the keystone mutualism than in post‐invasion sites without the keystone mutualism. Moreover, we found that invasive bumblebee reduced the strength and interaction niche of the five central pollinator species while increasing its own strength and interaction niche, suggesting a replacement of interactions. Also, we found that the keystone mutualism promoted resistance to B. terrestris invasion by reducing its negative impacts on central species. In the presence of the keystone mutualism, central species had three times more direct interactions than in sites without this keystone mutualism. The higher interaction rewiring, after invasion of B. terrestris, in sites with the keystone mutualism indicates greater chances of central pollinators to form new interactions and reduces their competence for resources with the non‐native bumblebee.Our results demonstrate that a keystone mutualism can enhance community resistance against the impacts of a non‐native invasive pollinator by increasing species diversity and promoting interaction rewiring in the community. This study suggests that the conservation of mutualisms, especially those considered keystone, could be essential for long‐term preservation of natural communities under current and future impacts of global change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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7. Inferring coevolution in a plant–pollinator network.
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Lomáscolo, Silvia B., Giannini, Norberto, Chacoff, Natacha P., Castro‐Urgal, Rocío, and Vázquez, Diego P.
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COEVOLUTION ,INSECT-plant relationships ,POLLINATORS ,MUTUALISM (Biology) ,PHYLOGENY - Abstract
Mutualistic interactions are at the core of community dynamics, determining dispersal, colonization and differential survival and reproduction among individuals and species. Mutualistic interactions therefore affect the fitness of interaction partners, hence modifying their respective evolutionary trajectories reciprocally, potentially leading to coevolution. Although mathematical models predict coevolution in mutualistic interaction networks, no empirical data are available. By taking into account the patterns of interactions and reconstructing evolutionary change in plant and pollinator traits, we tested the hypothesis that coevolution occurs between plants and insects that interact more frequently, or more symmetrically. To test this hypothesis, we built an interaction network with data from five flowering seasons, measured plant and insect morphology, mapped morphology on the plant and insect phylogenies, and reconstructed ancestral character changes based on maximum parsimony. We calculated an index, called the coevolutionary ratio, which represents the amount of correlated change in traits that mediate the interaction between plants and pollinators (i.e. proboscis versus corolla length, and body width and corolla aperture). Our results suggest that high frequency of interaction, i.e. the number of times two species interact, does not lead to coevolution. Instead, symmetry of interaction strength, i.e. the reciprocal similarity in the mutual effect of interaction partners, may lead to coevolution, in spite of a pervasive lack of reciprocal specialization and high interaction frequency. Although the statistical signal is quite weak, our results hold for three statistical tests of very different nature. The most specialized species, expected to be under directional selection, do not show more evolutionary change than do generalist species, expected to be under different, perhaps opposing, selective pressures. By dissecting the complexity of an interaction network we show that coevolution may partially shape functional morphology of interaction partners, thus providing the closest evidence to date of mutualistic adaptation of organisms within a community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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8. Introduced herbivores and the Allee effect in animal-pollinated plants
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Vázquez, Diego P.
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abundance ,pollination ,mutualism ,herbíviros introducidos ,abundancia ,dinámica poblacional ,pollinator specialization and generalization ,introduced herbivores ,polinización ,Allee effect ,efecto Allee ,density dependence ,population dynamics ,reproducción de plantas ,densodependencia ,mutualismo ,especialización y generalización de polinizadores ,plant reproduction - Abstract
Las interacciones interespecíficas pueden ser moduladas por el contexto comunitario en el que ocurren. Este artículo estudia las interacciones planta-polinizador y su modulación por herbívoros introducidos mediante cambios en la densidad poblacional de las plantas. En primer lugar desarrollo un modelo matemático que relaciona la densidad poblacional de una planta polinizada por animales con la frecuencia de visitas por polinizadores, la polinización, la reproducción y la tasa per capita de crecimiento poblacional. Este modelo me permite investigar la influencia de varios parámetros relacionados con la polinización—incluyendo la abundancia relativa de la especie focal, la especialización de los polinizadores, la cantidad y la calidad de la polinización y la limitación por polen de la reproducción—sobre la relación entre la tasa per capita de crecimiento y la densidad poblacional. Luego utilizo este marco teórico para discutir dos estudios de caso que han evaluado los efectos mediados por la densidad de los herbívoros introducidos sobre la reproducción de las plantas. Este ejercicio me permite señalar algunas limitaciones de los estudios previos y sugerir direcciones para investigaciones futuras. Interspecific interactions can be modulated by the community context in which they occur. In this paper I focus on plant–pollinator interactions and their modulation by introduced herbivores through changes in plant population density. I first develop a mathematical model that relates the population density of an animal-pollinated plant species with pollinator visitation frequency, pollination, reproduction and per capita growth rate. This model allows me to investigate how several pollination-related parameters—including relative abundance of the focal plant species, pollinator specialization, pollination quantity and quality and pollen limitation of reproduction—influence the relationship between per capita growth rate and population density. I then use this theoretical framework to discuss two case studies that have addressed the density-mediated effects of introduced herbivores on plant reproduction. This exercise allows me to point out several limitations of previous studies and to suggest avenues for future research.
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- 2007
9. Reconsidering the Hutchinsonian niche
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Vázquez, Diego P.
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interspecific interactions ,realized niche ,nicho realizado ,fundamental niche ,mutualism ,interacciones interespecíficas ,competencia ,mutualismo ,dispersal ,dispersión ,nicho fundamental ,competition - Abstract
El nicho es un concepto central en ecología. Sin embargo, ha sido difícil contar con una definición clara y general. Una definición históricamente importante e influyente hasta nuestros días es la propuesta por G. E. Hutchinson. A pesar de su importancia, esta definición también presenta varias limitaciones, particularmente en su conexión con la idea de la competencia interespecífica. Esta conexión entre nicho y competencia ha permanecido hasta nuestros días, dificultando la evolución de un concepto de nicho más general y menos ambiguo. En este artículo propongo algunas modificaciones al concepto original de Hutchinson que creo pueden ayudar a mitigar algunas de sus limitaciones. The niche is a central concept in ecology. However, it has been difficult to achieve a clear and general definition. One historically important and currently influential definition is the one proposed by G. E. Hutchinson. In spite of its importance, this definition also presents several limitations, particularly its connection to the idea of interspecific competition. This connection between niche and competition has remained until present, hindering the evolution of a more general, less ambiguous concept. In this article I suggest several modifications to Hutchinson’s original concept, which I believe might help to mitigate some of its limitations.
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- 2005
10. A conceptual framework for studying the strength of plant-animal mutualistic interactions.
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Vázquez, Diego P., Ramos-Jiliberto, Rodrigo, Urbani, Pasquinell, and Valdovinos, Fernanda S.
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ANIMAL-plant relationships , *MUTUALISM (Biology) , *ECOLOGY , *FOOD chains , *BIOLOGICAL evolution , *ECOSYSTEMS - Abstract
The strength of species interactions influences strongly the structure and dynamics of ecological systems. Thus, quantifying such strength is crucial to understand how species interactions shape communities and ecosystems. Although the concepts and measurement of interaction strength in food webs have received much attention, there has been comparatively little progress in the context of mutualism. We propose a conceptual scheme for studying the strength of plant-animal mutualistic interactions. We first review the interaction strength concepts developed for food webs, and explore how these concepts have been applied to mutualistic interactions. We then outline and explain a conceptual framework for defining ecological effects in plant-animal mutualisms. We give recommendations for measuring interaction strength from data collected in field studies based on a proposed approach for the assessment of interaction strength in plant-animal mutualisms. This approach is conceptually integrative and methodologically feasible, as it focuses on two key variables usually measured in field studies: the frequency of interactions and the fitness components influenced by the interactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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11. When mutualism goes bad: density-dependent impacts of introduced bees on plant reproduction.
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Aizen, Marcelo A., Morales, Carolina L., Vázquez, Diego P., Garibaldi, Lucas A., Sáez, Agustín, and Harder, Lawrence D.
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MUTUALISM (Biology) ,NECTARIVORES ,HYMENOPTERA ,LIFE (Biology) ,GENETICS - Abstract
Invasive, alien plants and pollinators have varying effects on their interaction partners, ranging from highly beneficial to strongly detrimental. To understand these contrasting impacts, we review the benefits and costs associated with plant-pollinator interactions and enquire as to how the presence of abundant invaders affects the benefit-cost balance. We provide a conceptual framework that predicts that mutualism shifts to antagonism when invaders increase disproportionally in abundance relative to their interaction partners. This outcome is illustrated by an empirical example of a crop in which flower damage and an associated reduction in fruit quality represent interaction costs of intense visitation by invasive bees. More generally, the extremely high density of invasive flower visitors, such as Apis mellifera and Bombus terrestris, might have population- and community-level consequences by hampering reproduction of native plants while promoting reproduction of alien plants. Furthermore, modification of the structure of pollination networks resulting from intense visitation of native plants by superabundant alien flower visitors in highly invaded communities could predict accentuated interaction costs for many native plants. Owing to their high density and the exclusion of native pollinators, invasive bees, originally introduced for honey production and crop pollination, may negatively impact both the native biota and agriculture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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12. Uniting pattern and process in plant–animal mutualistic networks: a review.
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Vázquez, Diego P., Blüthgen, Nico, Cagnolo, Luciano, and Chacoff, Natacha P.
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MUTUALISM (Biology) , *ANIMAL-plant relationships , *ECOLOGY , *BIOLOGISTS , *ECOLOGISTS , *POLLINATION - Abstract
Background: Ecologists and evolutionary biologists are becoming increasingly interested in networks as a framework to study plant–animal mutualisms within their ecological context. Although such focus on networks has brought about important insights into the structure of these interactions, relatively little is still known about the mechanisms behind these patterns. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2009
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13. Interaction frequency as a surrogate for the total effect of animal mutualists on plants.
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Vázquez, Diego P., Morris, William F., and Jordano, Pedro
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PLANT species , *ANIMAL species , *ANIMAL behavior , *MUTUALISM (Biology) , *SYMBIOSIS - Abstract
We evaluate whether species interaction frequency can be used as a surrogate for the total effect of a species on another. Because interaction frequency is easier to estimate than per-interaction effect, using interaction frequency as a surrogate of total effect could facilitate the large-scale analysis of quantitative patterns of species-rich interaction networks. We show mathematically that the correlation between interaction frequency ( I) and total effect ( T) becomes more strongly positive the greater the variation of I relative to the variation of per-interaction effect ( P) and the greater the correlation between I and P. A meta-analysis using data on I, P and T for animal pollinators and seed dispersers visiting plants shows a generally strong, positive relationship between T and I, in spite of no general relationship between P and I. Thus, frequent animal mutualists usually contribute the most to plant reproduction, regardless of their effectiveness on a per-interaction basis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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