The dark side: weaving nocturnality into pollination resilience networks. This project aims to identify the drivers of resilience in insect/plant pollination systems, as applied to the Australian alps

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The dark side: weaving nocturnality into pollination resilience networks. This project aims to identify the drivers of resilience in insect/plant pollination systems, as applied to the Australian alps. It will generate an innovative framework for understanding this vital mutualism in its full complexity by integrating diurnal and nocturnal pollination networks via multilayer models, and validating them in the field. Expected outcomes span new techniques for characterising pollination systems, and enhanced capacity to predict their resilience and vulnerability amidst environmental change. Key expected benefits include management strategies for the scientifically and culturally significant Australian alpine meadows, and the export of methods to support analogous efforts in vulnerable ecosystems worldwide.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 3103 - Ecology. Lead: Dr Thomas White