Sangam: A Confluence of Knowledge Streams

Effects of non-native species and ecological restoration on network structure and ecosystem function

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dc.contributor Kaiser-Bunbury, Christopher
dc.contributor Osborne, Juliet
dc.contributor ‪Fründ, Jochen
dc.contributor Benadi, Gita
dc.contributor Mauroy, Benjamin
dc.creator Lonighi, A
dc.date 2023-01-17T11:51:10Z
dc.date 2023-01-16
dc.date 2023-01-17T11:15:53Z
dc.date 2023-01-17T11:51:10Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-23T12:19:29Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-23T12:19:29Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10871/132254
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/258767
dc.description Non-native species pose a signi cant threat to biotic interactions, such as plantpollinators, and associated ecosystem functions. Ecological restoration is commonly used to mitigate or revert the impact of non-native species. The removal of nonnative plants is one frequently used restoration approach to minimise competition for resources between native and non-native plants, which facilitates the recovery of native plant communities. Many aspects of how ecological restoration impacts native ecosystems are not well understood. For example, the conditions that allow ecological communities to thrive after restoration can take years to develop. Although restoration interventions ideally aim to address most impacts of non-native species, we know little about the response of non-target species, both native and non-native. In this thesis, I explore the effects of non-native species and ecological restoration on plant-pollinator communities and pollination function on the island of Mahé, Seychelles, in the Western Indian Ocean. I used a community-level restoration experiment with honey bee (Apis mellifera) supplementation to study the medium-term responses of plant-pollinator interaction networks to management interventions. Initial restoration took place in 2011, and the datasets used here were collected across two consecutive years (2018/19 and 2019/20).
dc.description Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
dc.publisher University of Exeter
dc.publisher Biological Sciences
dc.rights 2024-07-17
dc.rights Publication of chapters
dc.rights http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
dc.subject Invasive species
dc.subject Honey bee
dc.subject Network structure
dc.subject Island conservation
dc.subject Network motifs
dc.subject Seychelles
dc.subject Habitat restoration
dc.subject Plant-pollinator interactions
dc.title Effects of non-native species and ecological restoration on network structure and ecosystem function
dc.type Thesis or dissertation
dc.type PhD in Biological Sciences
dc.type Doctoral
dc.type Doctoral Thesis


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