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  • Ecology
  • Community Ecology
  • Conservation Biology

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  • Ecological interactions are dynamic, yet their impact on community persistence over time is understudied.
  • Year-to-year changes in species interactions are common but their consequences for stability are often overlooked.

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  • To investigate the consequences of year-to-year variation in plant-pollinator interactions for community persistence.
  • To compare the structural stability of observed interactions with null models under random rewiring.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized an 8-year, 12-site dataset of plant-pollinator interactions.
  • Characterized annual interaction changes and assessed structural stability.
  • Compared empirical data against null models simulating random rewiring.

Main Results:

  • Species turnover accounted for 80% of interaction changes.
  • Temporal rewiring among permanent species was the primary driver of pollinator persistence.
  • Rewiring was not random and was influenced by phenology and abundance shifts.

Conclusions:

  • Interaction rewiring, driven by phenological and abundance changes in permanent species, significantly enhances pollinator persistence.
  • Adaptive responses in interaction networks play a vital role in ecological stability.
  • Understanding temporal dynamics is crucial for predicting ecological persistence in changing environments.