Experimental Network Ecology and Restoraction (Exper -net)

Knowledge of the Effects of Climate and Land-Puse Change on Richness species, composition and interactions, and in turn, Ecosystem Services Largely Comes from Observational Studies. Unfortunately, Such Experiments are Still Quito Limited, Specially in Restoraction and Network Ecology. OUR GOALS ARE TO: (WP1) EVALUATE HOW EXPERIMENTAL REMOVAL OF KEY PLANT SPECIES INFLUENCES PLANT-HUMMMMMMIND INTERACTION NETWORKS, WITH A COCUS ON REWIRING (CHANGES IN PARTNER USE); (WP2) Evaluate Plant Fitness in the context of Our Remival Experiment; (WP3) Evaluate Current Distribution of Key Plant Species in Restoraction Scenarios That Might Promote Plant, Hummingbird and Interaction Diversity. Addressing these aims will (i) Fill Empirical Gaps and Evaluate Common Assumptions in Network and Regeneration Ecology Using Experimentatuion; (Ii) Develop Theory on the influence of Species Extincials on Species diversity and Ecosystem Processses; And (iii) inform the desing of future landscapes aimed at maintoining spects and interaction diversity and ecosystem function. The proposed Research, Although Ambitious, is Feasible Because The Methods Have Been Tests in the Dield In Smaller-Scale Studies, All Sites Are Identified and Permissions for Working atSe Sisses Have Been Or Can Be Readily Obtained (Both At local and National Levels). Further, This proposition Will Benefit from on-Going Research Collaborations Between Ecuadorian and Swiss Scientists. The Pi-Team Also you have Three Women All of Whom Come from Institts/Countries where Women are removed-represented.

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