Downscaling mutualistic networks from species to individuals reveals consistent interaction niches and roles within plant populations.

Repository containing dataset and code for the manuscript entitled Downscaling mutualistic networks from species to individuals reveals consistent interaction niches and roles within plant populations. For this study, we compiled 44 empirical individual-based networks on plant-animal seed dispersal mutualism, encompassing 995 plant individuals across 28 species from various regions. We compare the structure of individual-based networks to that of species-based networks and by extending the niche concept to interaction assemblages, we explore levels of individual plant specialization. We examine how individual variation influences network structure and how plant individuals "explore" the interaction niche of the population. Please refer to makefile.R for project outline, explanation and codes used.本仓库收录了题为《将互利共生网络从物种尺度降尺度至个体尺度：揭示植物种群内一致的交互生态位与角色》的学术论文的配套数据集与代码。 本研究共汇编了44个基于个体的植物-动物种子传播互利关系实测网络，涵盖来自不同区域的28个物种的995株植物个体。本研究将基于个体的网络结构与基于物种的网络结构进行对比，并通过将生态位概念拓展至交互集合体，探究植物个体的特化程度。同时分析了个体变异如何影响网络结构，以及植物个体如何“探索”种群的交互生态位。 有关项目框架、方法说明及所用代码，请参阅makefile.R文件。