NSF grant: studying effects of transient dynamics in plant-pollinator networks
Fernanda Valdovinos as lead-PI together with co-PIs Berry Brosi and Mark Novak just received an NSF award for a total of $850,000 to...
Networks of mutualistic interactions between plants and pollinating animals are one of the most important forces for generating and maintaining terrestrial biodiversity. These networks, however, are threatened by global pollinator declines and local extinctions of plant species and biotic invasions, making it critically important to understand the mechanisms that drive network stability. We aim to understand and predict the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms behind the structure and dynamics of plant-pollinator networks