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| Title |
Competitive impacts of an invasive nectar thief on plant–pollinator mutualisms
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| Published in |
Ecology, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.1890/13-1276.1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Cause Hanna, David Foote, Claire Kremen |
| Abstract |
Plant-pollinator mutualisms are disrupted by a variety of competitive interactions between introduced and native floral visitors. The invasive western yellowjacket wasp, Vespula pensylvanica, is an aggressive nectar thief of the dominant endemic Hawaiian tree species, Metrosideros polymorpha. We conducted a large-scale, multiyear manipulative experiment to investigate the impacts of V. pensylvanica on the structure and behavior of the M. polymorpha pollinator community, including competitive mechanisms related to resource availability. Our results demonstrate that V. pensylvanica, through both superior exploitative and interference competition, influences resource partitioning and displaces native and nonnative M. polymorpha pollinators. Furthermore, the restructuring of the pollinator community due to V. pensylvanica competition and predation results in a significant decrease in the overall pollinator effectiveness and fruit set of M. polymorpha. This research highlights both the competitive mechanisms and contrasting effects of social insect invaders on plant-pollinator mutualisms and the role of competition in pollinator community structure. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 116 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Mexico | 2 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Serbia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 108 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 32 | 28% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 18% |
| Researcher | 16 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 11% |
| Other | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 15 | 13% |
| Unknown | 14 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 76 | 66% |
| Environmental Science | 19 | 16% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | <1% |
| Chemistry | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 17 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 September 2014.
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