Articles | Volume 23, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/we-23-51-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/we-23-51-2023
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29 Mar 2023
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Plant spatial aggregation modulates the interplay between plant competition and pollinator attraction with contrasting outcomes of plant fitness

María Hurtado, Oscar Godoy, and Ignasi Bartomeus

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Plant spatial aggregation modulates the interplay between plant competition and pollinator attraction with contrasting outcomes of plant fitness María Hurtado, Oscar Godoy and Ignasi Bartomeus https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7696118

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We found that crowded neighborhoods reduced individual seed production via plant–plant competition, but they also made individual plants more attractive for some pollinator guilds, increasing visitation rates and, therefore, plant fitness. The balance between these two forces varied depending on the species identity and the spatial scale considered. Our results indicate that plant spatial aggregation plays an important role in defining the net effect of mutualistic and antagonistic interactions.