Data and code for: Evolutionarily distinct species in frugivore networks have fewer links and more specialized partners

Ecological networks describe the complex set of interconnections among species and their environment, and network structure can inform the stability, resilience, and functioning of ecosystems. Increasing attention is being paid to the mechanisms that determine species interactions. Phylogeny has informed our understanding of connections within networks, mostly by describing the strength of phylogenetic conservation of interactions. Here, we examine how the phylogenetic position of a species relates to its functional position within a network, testing the relationship between phylogenetic and network topologies. Time period: Early 20th century to present. We used a large dataset of frugivore interactions to calculate partner degree and degree, and bird and plant phylogenies to calculate local evolutionary distinctiveness (ED), evolutionary distinctiveness calculated on a community-level phylogeny. We then fit binomial Bayesian models to estimate the effect of evolutionary distinctiv..., ZanneTreeTrim.tre and EricsonBirdTreeTrim.tre are trimmed versions of phylogenies from Zanne et al. 2014 and Jetz et al. 2014, respectively. Phylogenies were pruned to include only species represented in the Fricke and Svenning (2020) dataset., , # Data and code for: Evolutionarily distinct species in frugivore networks have fewer links and more specialized partners

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.08kprr5dm](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.08kprr5dm)

## Description of the data and file structure

In this analysis, we model the relationship between local evolutionary distinctiveness (ED) and two metrics of species positions in networks: partner degree and degree. We additionally examine the relationship between local ED of partners between phylogenies. We find that species with higher local ED tend to have fewer connections and that their partners tend to be more specialized

## Files and variables:

### File: ZanneTreeTrim.tre

**Description:**  A phylogeny of plants from Zanne et al. (2014), trimmed to only contain species represented in the interaction networks from Fricke and Svenning (2020).

### File: birdsynonyms.csv

**Description:** A dictionary of bird binomial synonyms. The binomial Latin names of species can change whe...,