Atlantic flower–invertebrate interactions: A data set of occurrence and frequency of floral visits. Issue 3 (6th January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boscolo, Danilo; Nobrega Rodrigues, Bárbara; Ferreira, Patrícia Alves; Lopes, Luciano Elsinor; Tonetti, Vinicius Rodrigues; Reis dos Santos, Isabela Cristhina; Hiruma‐Lima, Juliana Akemi; Nery, Laura; Baptista de Lima, Karoline; Perozi, Jéssica; Freitas, André Victor Lucci; Viana, Blandina Felipe; Antunes‐Carvalho, Caio; Amorim, Dalton de Souza; Freitas de Oliveira, Favízia; Groppo, Milton; Absy, Maria Lúcia; de Almeida‐Scabbia, Renata Jimenez; Alves‐Araújo, Anderson; de Amorim, Felipe Wanderley; Antiqueira, Pablo Augusto Poleto; Antonini, Yasmine; Aoki, Camila; dos Santos Aragão, Daniele; Balbino, Tais Cristina Teixeira; da Silva Ferreira Bandeira, Michele; Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa; de Vasconcellos Barbosa, Maria Regina; Baronio, Gudryan Jackson; Barros, Leví Oliveira; Beal‐Neves, Mariana; Bertollo, Victor Martins; de Melo Bezerra, Antonio Diego; Buzatto, Cristiano Roberto; Carneiro, Liedson Tavares; Caron, Edilson; Carpim, Camila Silva; Carvalho, Emanuela Simoura; Carvalho, Tuane Letícia; Carvalho‐Leite, Ludimila Juliele; Cascaes, Mainara Figueiredo; de Castro, Flávio Siqueira; Cavalleri, Adriano; Cazetta, Eliana; Cerezini, Monise Terra; Coelho, Luís Francisco Mello; Colares, Renato; Cordeiro, Guaraci Duran; Cordeiro, Juliana; da Silva Corrêa, Angela Maria; da Costa, Fernanda Vieira; Covre, Cléber; Cruz, Renata Drummond Marinho; Cruz‐Neto, Oswaldo; Correia‐da‐Rocha‐Filho, Léo; Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles; da Costa Dórea, Marcos; do‐Nascimento, Viviany Teixeira; Alves dos‐Santos, Jean Miguel; Duarte, Marcelo; Duarte, Marília Cristina; Duarte, Olívia Maria Pereira; Dutilh, Julie Henriette Antoinette; Emerick, Betina Pereira; Fabiano, Gabrielly dos Santos; Farache, Fernando Henrique Antoniolli; de Faria, Ana Paula Gelli; Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson; Maria Abreu Ferreira, Pedro; Ferreira‐Caliman, Maria Juliana; Ferreira, Lívia Maria Negrini; Filgueira de Sá, Túlio Freitas; Franceschinelli, Edivani Villaron; Franco‐Assis, Greice Ayra; Fregolente Faracco Mazziero, Frederico; Freitas, Breno Magalhães; Freitas, Joelcio; Galastri, Natália Arias; Galetto, Leonardo; Garcia, Caroline Tito; Amela García, María Teresa; Garcia, Nicole Luize; Garófalo, Carlos Alberto; Gélvez‐Zúñiga, Irene; Goldas, Camila da Silva; Guerra, Tadeu José; Guerra, Tânia Mara; Harter‐Marques, Birgit; Hipólito, Juliana; Kamke, Rafael; Klein, Ricardo Pablo; Koch, Elmo Borges de Azevedo; Landgref‐Filho, Paulo; Laroca, Sebastião; Leandro, Cristiane Martins; Lima, Reinanda; de Lima, Taysla Roberta Almeida; Lima‐Verde, Luiz Wilson; de Lírio, Elton John; Lopes, Ariadna Valentina; Luizi‐Ponzo, Andrea Pereira; Machado, Isabel Cristina Sobreira; Machado, Tatiana; Magalhães, Fabrício Severo; Mahlmann, Thiago; Mariano, Cléa dos Santos Ferreira; Marques, Thamy Evellini Dias; Martello, Felipe; Martins, Celso Feitosa; Martins, Mauricio Nogueira; Martins, Rafael; Mascarenhas, André Luiz Santos; de Assis Mendes, Geovana; Mendonça, Milton de Souza; Menini Neto, Luiz; Milward‐de‐Azevedo, Michaele Alvim; Miranda, Adrianne Oliveira; Montoya‐Pfeiffer, Paula María; Moraes, Andreza Magro; Moraes, Bruna Borges; Moreira, Eduardo Freitas; Morini, Maria Santina; Moure‐Oliveira, Diego; De Nadai, Letícia Fabri; Nagatani, Victor Hideki; Nervo, Michelle Helena; de Siqueira Neves, Frederico; de Novais, Jaílson Santos; Araújo‐Oliveira, Évellyn Silva; de Oliveira, João Henrique Figueredo; Pacheco‐Filho, Alípio José de Souza; Palmieri, Luciano; Pareja, Martin; Passarella, Marcella de Almeida; Passos, Nayra da Mata; Paulino‐Neto, Hipólito Ferreira; Luna Peixoto, Ariane; Pereira, Luciana Carvalho; Pereira, Rodrigo Augusto Santinelo; Pereira‐Silva, Brenda; Pincheira‐Ulbrich, Jimmy; Pinheiro, Mardiore; Piratelli, Augusto João; Podgaiski, Luciana Regina; Polizello, Diego Santos; Prado, Lívia Pires do; Prezoto, Fabio; Quadros, Franciele Rosset de; Queiroz, Elisa Pereira; Glebya Maciel Quirino, Zelma; Rabello, Ananza Mara; Rabeschini, Gabriela Beatriz Pereira; Ramalho, Monna Myrnna Mangueira; Ramos, Flavio Nunes; Rattis, Ludmila; Rezende, Luiz Henrique Gonçalves de; Ribeiro, Caroline; Robe, Lizandra Jaqueline; Rocha, Ely Márley de Souza Ribeiro; Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro; Romero, Gustavo Quevedo; Roque, Nádia; Sabino, William de Oliveira; Sano, Paulo Takeo; Reis, Patricia da Silva Santana; dos Santos, Fernando Silva; Alves dos Santos, Isabel; dos Santos, Francisco de Assis Ribeiro; Silva dos Santos, Igor; Sartorello, Ricardo; Schmitz, Hermes José; Sigrist, Maria Rosângela; Silva Junior, Juvenal Cordeiro; Silva, Ana Carolina Granero e; da Silva, Carolina Veronese Corrêa; Alves Vieira Silva, Beatriz Symara; Silva, Bruna Leticia de Freitas; Silva, Cláudia Inês; da Silva, Fabiana Oliveira; Silva, Jéssica Luiza Souza e; Silva, Nathalia Sampaio; da Silva, Otávio Guilherme Morais; Silva Neto, Carlos de Melo e; Silva Neto, Edito Romão; Silveira, Denise; Silveira, Maxwell Souza; Singer, Rodrigo Bustos; Soares, Leiza Aparecida Souza Serafim; Locatelli de Souza, Evelise Márcia; de Souza, Jana Magaly Tesserolli; Steiner, Josefina; Teixeira‐Gamarra, Mara Cristina; Trentin, Bruno Alves; Varassin, Isabela Galarda; Vila‐Verde, Gabriel; Yoshikawa, Vania Nobuko; Zanin, Elisabete Maria; Galetti, Mauro; Ribeiro, Milton Cezar;
• Is Part Of: Ecology. Volume 104:Issue 3(2023)
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• Publication Date: 2023-01-06
• Subjects: ecological networks -- florivory -- flower visitors -- focal plant observation -- food web -- herbivory -- mutualism -- neotropical forests -- plant–animal interactions -- pollen survey -- pollination -- tropical forest interactions; Ecology -- Periodicals; Ecology -- Periodicals; Écologie -- Périodiques; Ecologie; Écologie; Écologie animale; Écologie végétale; Ecology; Periodicals; 577.05
• DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3900
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0012-9658

Abstract

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.