School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand; Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, SL5 7PY, United Kingdom.
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand.
Trends Plant Sci. 2014 May;19(5):281-3. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.03.006. Epub 2014 Mar 28.
Network studies have described the complex interactions among species. Concomitantly, researchers have searched for signals of ecosystem tipping points and attributes of systems that resist them. A recent study combines these areas, showing that attributes of pollination network structure delay critical transitions, and generating a wealth of new research questions.
网络研究描述了物种之间的复杂相互作用。与此同时,研究人员一直在寻找生态系统 tipping points 的信号以及抵抗它们的系统属性。最近的一项研究结合了这些领域,表明授粉网络结构的属性延迟了关键转变,并产生了大量新的研究问题。