{"id":2624,"date":"2019-11-10T07:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/ssantana\/wordpress\/?p=2624"},"modified":"2021-03-26T15:13:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T22:13:16","slug":"new-paper-insights-into-the-assembly-rules-of-a-continent-wide-multilayer-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/ssantana\/wordpress\/new-paper-insights-into-the-assembly-rules-of-a-continent-wide-multilayer-network\/","title":{"rendered":"New paper: Insights into the assembly rules of a continent-wide multilayer network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How are ecological systems assembled? Identifying common structural patterns within complex networks of interacting species has been a major challenge in ecology, but past research has focused primarily on single interaction types aggregated in space or time. In this new study, our team shed light on the assembly rules of a multilayer network of frugivory and nectarivory interactions between bats and plants in the Neotropics. We described a massive network whose parts differ from the whole, or a compound structure that appears to be assembled by different processes \u2013from evolutionary constraints to functional morphology\u2013 at various scales.  You can read more about these exciting findings in our paper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41559-019-1002-3.epdf?author_access_token=D_qPhBed135JGQy2FaLHutRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PwIUECzzo08ipngQ9iwfs2EW6F3FlOPmC9ssW4_MvX4O9QGKJbuazuZRZVLnHS40Ok3Ygd49sgm16Yh-ZIoOXgoACLve4JGX_hOvlGrpY5LA%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">here<\/a>, and a wonderful &#8220;behind the scenes&#8221; summary <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/natureecoevocommunity.nature.com\/users\/314876-marco-a-r-mello\/posts\/54561-the-music-of-the-networks\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/ssantana\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/582b1372-885c-42cc-890d-1dde94bb620b-730x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2625\" width=\"413\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"http:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/ssantana\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/582b1372-885c-42cc-890d-1dde94bb620b-730x1024.png 730w, http:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/ssantana\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/582b1372-885c-42cc-890d-1dde94bb620b-214x300.png 214w, http:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/ssantana\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/582b1372-885c-42cc-890d-1dde94bb620b-768x1077.png 768w, http:\/\/faculty.washington.edu\/ssantana\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/582b1372-885c-42cc-890d-1dde94bb620b.png 1818w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><figcaption>The hierarchical assembly of a continent-wide, multilayer network of bats and plants (credit: Marco Mello).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How are ecological systems assembled? Identifying common structural patterns within complex networks of interacting species has been a major challenge in ecology, but past research has focused primarily on single interaction types aggregated in space or time. 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