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